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WHAT ARE NATURAL DYES? OR WHAT IS IT?

In general, natural dyes are vegetable dyes derived from plant sources: roots, bark, wood, stems, leaves, flower berry insects, mineral or organic sources such as fungi and lichens. Before the advent of synthetic pigments in the mid-19th century, natural dyes were the main ingredient in pigments throughout the world. In fact, we know that the commercialization of synthetics replaced natural dyes after the arrival of Henry Parkin's Mauvine in 1856 and beyond and that natural dyes have been used and applied to textiles ever since. History has proven its existence from ancient civilizations (eg, India, China, and Egypt).

There are many countries textile-based handicrafts industries engaged local people to dye textile yarn with natural dyes and weave them to produce specialty fabrics. Printing of textile fabrics with natural dyes in India are specially done in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Turkish carpets are recognized for their beauty made with natural dyes. The major importers of natural dyes are the USA and the EU. In the EU the major importers of natural dyes are France, Germany, Italy and the UK.

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF NATURAL DYES

We recognize two types of dye have been used throughout the world first Natural dye and second Synthetics dye. Natural dyes come from animal or plant sources while synthetic dyes are manmade. Archaeologists have found evidence of textile dyeing dating back to the Neolithic period. In China, dyeing with plants, barks, and insects has been traced back more than 5,000 years. We the people generally use some of the most common natural dyes which are tyrian purple, cochineal red, madder red, and indigo blue.

Tyrian purple was another important natural dye. It has been said that a sheepdog belonging to Hercules was walking along the beach in Tyre. He bit into a small mollusc which turned his mouth the color of coagulated blood. This became known as royal or Tyrian purple. It brought great prosperity to Tyre, Lebanon around 1500 BC and for centuries it was the most expensive natural animal dye.

On the other hand, plant dyes we can get easily, it is cheaper and in a very common supply. Madder red and indigo blue are the most common natural dye. Madder came from the roots of 35 species of plants found in Europe and Asia. It has even been found in the cloth of mummies and was the first dye to be used as camouflage. Yellow dyes are the most numerous natural dyes, but most are weakly colored with poor lightfastness, However, most of these dyes remain important for artists, craftspeople, and niche producers.

The differences between natural and synthetic dye

NATURAL DYES	SYNTHETIC DYES
1.Natural dyes are purely developed from nature.	1. synthetic dyes are chemically manufactured.
2. Natural dyes are organic, vibrant, alive	2. synthetics are inorganic, flat, and dead.
3. Natural dyes have tonality, luminescence, and depth.	3. synthetic dyes one looks at them their palette is flat and unchanging.
4. Natural dyes are biodegradable and eco-friendly	4. Synthetic dyes have carcinogenic properties, which can cause health problems, respiratory diseases, irritations, and the list are long.
5. On the contrary, natural dyes respect and follow rules of nature.	5. Synthetic dyes have also an impact on the environment because at present clothing industry is consuming tons of water and thousands of chemicals which create toxically.
6.There is no harm who works in natural dyes.	6. synthetic dyes are made up of chemical compounds as a result workers may be harmful.
7.It is very cheaper and easily extract from the plant.	7.synthetic dyes comparatively expensive than natural dye.