Presently there is a great demand for the use of natural colours throughout the world due to non-biodegradable and carcinogenic nature associated with synthetic dyes. Natural dyes are non-toxic, non-allergic and non-carcinogenic as these are obtained from animals or vegetable matters without any chemical processing. Natural dyes are mostly used to dye natural fibers like cotton, wool and silk. | 2020 9 10 261-269 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 10 2020 Journal homepage http Review Article https Natural Dye Sources and its Applications in Textiles A Brief Review Lizamoni Chungkrang and Smita Bhuyan Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing College of Community Science Assam Agricultural University Jorhat-785013 Assam India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Presently there is a great demand for the use of natural colours throughout the Dyes Synthetic world due to non-biodegradable and carcinogenic nature associated with synthetic Natural Natural dyes. Natural dyes are non-toxic non-allergic and non-carcinogenic as these are fibre etc obtained from animals or vegetable matters without any chemical processing. Natural dyes are mostly used to dye natural fibers like cotton wool and silk. The Article Info colours produced by natural dyes are soothing to eyes earthly warm and highly Accepted appealing. This article attempts to reviews the available natural dye sources 07 September 2020 applications and comparison between the natural and synthetic dyes have been Available Online also discussed. 10 October 2020 Introduction to the excessive use of synthetic dyes which is estimated around 10 00 000 tones per annum Colour has always played a dominant role in Gulrajani 1999 . Synthetic compounds are human life since time immemorial. In every used for dyeing textile materials and they civilization from Stone Age to the Silicon cause water pollution as well as waste slip age it has played an important role in disposal problems because these are non- adding beauty to the world Bhuyan and biodegradable and carcinogenic. To get rid of Saikia 2004 . Our lives the clothes we wear this environmental as well as health hazards it the furnishings of our homes strongly is essential to think about alternative of influenced by .
