Improving the colour fastness of the selected natural dyes on cotton

Abstract

This paper reports the improving the colourfastness of the natural dye with dye leveling agents, extraction of the colourants from natural sources; effects of different mordants and mordanting methods; selection of leveling agents; dyeing variables; development of newer shades with simultaneous treatment and analysis of colour improvement parameters with leveling agents for cotton dyed with natural dye; assessed colour improvement with colourfastness test.