India is richly endowed with vast variety of natural flora. It is estimated that, in India there are some 500 varieties of
plants that can yield natural colours
many villages by expert’s craftsmen in the country. Natural dyes, when used by them have many limitations of
fastness and brilliancy of shade. However, when used along with metallic mordants they produce bright and fast
colours. The use of metallic mordants is not always eco
producing colours one can use natural mordants a eco
mind, an attempt has been made in this paper here to give scientific overview on natural colourants and mordants
from plants, their classification, list of sources and its application for textile colouration.