The decline in the use of artificial colourants due to their toxicity in
food and textile industry, put forward by international market has
increased the importance of natural raw materials. From those, pomegranate
peel (Punica grantum) with solid applications is one of the
most important sources of natural dyes. The major colouring component
in pomegranate is tannins, extracted from the fresh and dried peels. The
aim of present work is to evaluate pomegranate powder as natural textile
dyestuff. The work consists of three steps, i.e. extraction, characterization
and dyeing processes. The dye extraction procedure is conventional
and traditional. Dyeing of different textiles, synthetic and natural fabrics
with the extract of pomegranate powder has been carried out and dyeing
has been optimized. Finally, dyed fabric have been subjected to different
textile laboratory tests e.g., colour fastness, light fastness, washing fastness
and rubbing fastness