Characteristics of plant dyeing

Where there is life, there is color; where there is color, there is culture; where there is color and culture, there is sentiment; and where there is sentiment, there is depth of humanity.

In the long history of mankind from natural materials dyed natural colors, natural dyes, including mineral, animal and plant dyes of three categories, including plant dyes for the bulk. The six canons of the Tang dynasty" said "dyeing grass and trees, there are flowers and leaves, there are stems and real, there are roots and skins, out of the square soil, picking the time and month." For this reason, we are able to understand the importance of plant dyeing in traditional dyeing.

Technologists in the study of ancient and old Chinese carpets found that hundreds of years ago the production of carpets are plant-dyed, through the vicissitudes of life without fading, still radiant. The characteristics of natural dyeing are:

(1) Adopting original dye plants as the source of dye. This is a gift of nature to mankind, and mankind *** life **** survival, endless. It is a most natural dyeing method.

(2) The use of natural dyes for dyeing can not only reduce the harm of dyes to human beings and make full use of natural renewable resources, but also greatly reduce the toxicity of dyeing wastewater, which is conducive to reducing the burden of sewage treatment and protecting the environment.

(3) Natural plant dyeing makes the hair glossy and oily. The characteristics of plant dyeing are: soft color, not harsh, not hurt the oil contained in the wool. The wool has a protective effect, the biggest advantage is that the more you use the more beautiful, the more the color becomes softer, the color can be maintained for more than the life of the carpet.

(4) plant dyeing in some of the dyes are valuable Chinese herbs, dyed color is not only pure and beautiful, soft color. And its biggest advantage is that it does not hurt the skin, the human body has the role of care and maintenance. Many dyeing plants also have the role of herbs or evil spirits, such as dyeing blue dyeing grass with antiseptic and detoxification, stop bleeding and swelling; also dyed yellow mugwort, in folklore is a good luck amulet, other dyes such as saffron, safflower, comfrey, onion and other plants, are also commonly used in folklore herbs, these both herbs and dyes identity of the plant, the dyes can be made to have antiseptic, anti-skin disease, snake and insect prevention and refreshing and other special therapeutic effects.

(5) Natural plant dyeing is mainly aimed at natural fibers, and natural fibers and plant dyes are almost the same family with the same root, there is a very good affinity effect.

(6) The color of plant dyed products has unique charm, in addition to the natural color, the plants are calm and soft and have the temperament of stability, the color and color sense does not change with time. Grass dyed materials, in addition to the dyes are healthy, the fabric is more in line with this standard, the fading of plant dyes is fading without reducing its beauty, because in addition to changes in the color shades, its color and color sense does not change because of time and day.