How do we know that a garment is Herbal-dyed? What are the obvious differences beside the laboratory reports?
Herbal dyed garment would have the following characteristics: • It will become brighter after it is washed first time in any synthetic detergents because while dyeing no chemical detergents have been used. • The garment has a typical smell of the myraballams or other herbs mixed with it. • The shades are unlike chemical dyed. They have their own identity which cannot be duplicated even by chemical dyeing. • Above all, your body tells you, loud and clear once you wear it because it helps to increase transpiration and is also anti-allergic unlike chemical dyed textiles. • Unlike chemical colors natural color is a combination of different colors. • Some fabrics may get bleached where drops of lime is sprinkled as lime is the strongest natural bleaching agent. Indigo Blues & Pinks are resistant to lime.
