How are Shades and Colour Fastness are Achieved
Dark chocolate shade with good colour fastness is achieved with only pre-mordanting with snep sohmylleng.
Magenta, pink and olive green shades require pre-mordanting with sohkhu leaves, followed by lac and onion peel dyeing.
To fix colours of black and dark chocolate shades using iron ore and tea leaves, post-treatment with alkaline ash water is very
effective.
Similarly, post-treatment with acidic lemon water works best to fix olive green shades
Complementary to Traditional Fabrics
In recent years, natural dyes have gained wide acceptance from fashion designers as they have discovered their intrinsic
beauty and low carbon footprint. As ryndia and other natural fabrics of the handloom industry are eco-friendly,
manufacturing natural dyes and natural mordanting agents are the natural complements to these sustainable textiles.
