Essay Examples on York Saint John University

Try to imagine your surrounding without hues

INTRODUCTION Try to imagine your surrounding without hues It is very difficult It is very hard to picture our world without different shades Colors make the world comes to life It gives our surrounding its dynamism If colors make the world alive how do we create colors This is where dyeing comes in Dyeing is one of the oldest ways that we give colors to dull bland or blank objects The primitive world was more colorful than we could think An initial record of fabric dyeing goes back to BC epoch Primarily dyes were created using natural hues combined with two other liquid which are water and oil Main functions of dye in the old days were for skin jewelry and clothing decoration Another important use for dye back then was for painting Nowadays almost all of clothing produced is dyed synthetically Synthetic dye which is produced through chemical methods is one of the two main types of dyes the other being natural dye Sadly according to a study made by a group of scholars from University of Sao Paulo in Brazil chemical dyeing causes significant human health issues and environmental hazards The re discovery of natural dyes for staining which is eco friendly and biodegradable has been carefully considered Plants yield many colors for dyeing There are certain trees and herbs especially fruit that produces dyestuff There have been numerous attempts to use natural process in extracting dye from natural resources Take this research from hindawi com as an example It states A new source of natural anthocyanins dyes from lily turfs liriope platyphylla fruit is proposed 



2 pages | 536 words
Save