Quality Results of Cotton Fabric Coloring with Mangsi (Phyllanthus Reticulatus) Fruit Extract

Abstract

The research was done to analyze the quality of the coloring result of mangsi (phyllanthus reticulatus) fruit extract as natural dyes in cotton fabric dyeing. Extraction method was carried out through maceration process using some solvents namley water, ethanol, acidic ethanol, methanol, and acidic methanol in a ratio of 1:10 with pre-mordanting and fixation using mordant alum, calcium carbonate, and ferrous sulphate. The conducted observations included color direction test, color opacity test and color fastness to soap washing test. The result of color direction was brown to yellow-orange and blue to dark blue. The value of color opacity on cotton fabrics was in the “medium” to “very opaque” color category. The resulting value of color fastness to soap washing test was in the “good” to “poor” category. The dyeing results on cotton fabric generated an even color.