MERSİN BİTKİSİ’NİN (MYRTUS) PAMUKLU KUMAŞLARIN BOYANMASINDA KULLANIMI VE HASLIK TESTLERİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Natural dyeing is a rather ancient method. It known that self-growing, agricultural plants in Nature have been used since times as material for painting parts such leaves, fruits, flowers, branches, seeds, stems and roots. Plants the shades obtained from these are important sources of natural dyestuffs. Nowadays, with development technology, methods gradually losing their importance. But, carpet rug weaving, use dyes quite important. Coloring cotton, wool fibers improves quality applied works contributes to longevity works. In particular, unlike synthetic dyes, an antimicrobial environmentally friendly effect. For this reason, many products clothing, health cosmetics we prefer today construction. study, Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.), which commonly seen Bodrum district Muğla, was studied.) leaves plant source October November, Mersin tree grown Yeniköy neighborhood were together different types mordants (alum, iron, acorn, oak – alum) study collected yellow by making 4 analysis carried out. The samples were; age color fastness against friction, tests dry friction 32 harmful dyestuffs azo measure damage human interpreted be evaluated undergoing tests. Finally, myrtle plant, fabric tests, mordant methods, dyestuff performed results values given form tables.