View Natural Dyes From Plants Pdf UK. Documented european settlers dye plants (commercial and home dyeing). There are many plant materials that can be used for dyeing yarns and in addition, when properly applied, natural dyes are fast, resisting fading due to exposure to sunlight.
The majority of natural dyes are vegetable dyes from plant sources.
In the past, dyes were obtained from plants, animals or minerals. Plant fixatives (for plant dyes) 4 parts cold water to 1 part vinegar. It is characterized by long, weak stems; Natural dyes from plants provide important alternative to petrochemical in the present work seven plants species extracts were used to dye the cotton fabrics at optimized conditions by using a single mordant and checked the colour fastness of the dyed fabrics were also evaluated.