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<p>The color red has a significant presence in cultures around the world. The organic dye madder, derived from plants, has been used throughout human civilization and remains an important natural dye. The research reviews five traditional madder dyeing techniques from China, Europe, Turkey, and Japan. The techniques are applied to cotton, linen, silk, and wool fabrics, and their similarities and differences are compared and analyzed. Additionally, the environmental sustainability, resource conservation, and process efficiency of these dyeing techniques are also evaluated in this article. The chromatic value of dyed textile color was tested by means of an American Hunterlab spectrophotometer, the influence of different dyeing techniques on textile color characteristics was analyzed, and the artistic features of textile color were analyzed from the perspective of visual art.</p>
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The color red has a significant presence in cultures around the world. The organic dye madder, derived from plants, has been used throughout human civilization and remains an important natural dye. The research reviews five traditional madder dyeing techniques from China, Europe, Turkey, and Japan. The techniques are applied to cotton, linen, silk, and wool fabrics, and their similarities and differences are compared and analyzed. Additionally, the environmental sustainability, resource conservation, and process efficiency of these dyeing techniques are also evaluated in this article. The chromatic value of dyed textile color was tested by means of an American Hunterlab spectrophotometer, the influence of different dyeing techniques on textile color characteristics was analyzed, and the artistic features of textile color were analyzed from the perspective of visual art.

Natural Dyeing with Madder: Exploring Traditional Techniques and Color Characteristics

Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe

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The color red has a significant presence in cultures around the world. The organic dye madder, derived from plants, has been used throughout human civilization...

Natural Dyeing with Madder: Exploring Traditional Techniques and Color Characteristics

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Oct 18, 2023

Page range: 10 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ftee-2023-0031

Keywords
Madder, Traditional dyeing techniques, Textile, Color, Artistic features

© 2023 Łukasiewicz Research Network-Łódź Institute of Technology, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Natural Dyeing with Madder: Exploring Traditional Techniques and Color Characteristics

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Oct 18, 2023

Page range: 10 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ftee-2023-0031

KeywordsMadder, Traditional dyeing techniques, Textile, Color, Artistic features

© 2023 Łukasiewicz Research Network-Łódź Institute of Technology, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Madder, Traditional dyeing techniques, Textile, Color, Artistic features