From 1856, the British 18-year-old William Henry Perkin (Jr. 1838~1907) accidentally obtained aniline violet to open the prelude to chemical synthetic dyes, and some natural plant dyes with thousands of years of use have since come to an end.
Parkin
Parkin team
Pajin purple
In the 1940s, a few natural dyes such as hematogenous wood and catechu were still in use, but they have now been completely replaced by chemical synthetic dyes.
Sue plants
Sumu
Turmeric plant
turmeric
Natural dyes are an important intangible cultural heritage, dyed fabrics are environmentally friendly, non-toxic and harmless, and have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and other functions. The dyeing process is not too complicated, many times you can use local materials, home manual operation is not too difficult, but also very interesting.
Natural dye chromatography is of course not as complete as chemical synthetic dyes, and the color brightness and brightness are not as good, but this is its style, matte, closer to nature, more soft, and better color adaptability.
Natural dye dyeing silk fabric
Of course, modern industrial production is no longer realistic, but it can also be used on a small scale and at home.
Xiaobian believes that the value of natural dyes is still there, and dyeing unique and functional textiles is still worth looking forward to.