Course on Natural Dyes

A.

1.            The variety of colours and pigments obtained from plants and their application.

2.            Colour and its physical, chemical, biological, physiological, psychological, genetic and aesthetic aspects.

3.            Textile fibres and their production.

4.            Types of fabrics: manufacture and decoration.

5.            Fabric Colours and Fabric Colouring.

B.

1.   Scientific analysis of dyes and pigments.

2.   Plants that produce dyeing principles.

3.   Blue of plant origin: the indigo and the Indigofera.

4.   Reds and purples of vegetable origin.

5.   Yellows of vegetable origin.

C.

1.   Some notes on colouring.

2.   Natural colours: comparison between natural and synthetic colours, the question of health and environment protection.

3.   Natural colours and aesthetics. Historical aspects (including the case of Venetian market and production).

4.   Natural colours in the cultural structure and their preservation, conservation, restoration.

5.   Scientific and chemical classification of dyeing principles.