Natural Dye Extracts From Suji Leaves (Dracaena angustifolia) for Textile Coloring

Abstract

Dracaena leaf (Dracaena angustifolia) is a natural dye that is often used in Indonesia as a food coloring. Dracaena leaves have a green pigment. This study aimed to extract color in dyeing fabric utilization. In this study the worn fabric is cotton and silk. Water solvent extraction by comparison distilled water and dracaena leaves 1 : 4. pigment produced is used as a fabric dye. By the time variation of fabric dyeing 5, 10 and 15 minutes. Having dyed, fabric variations fixation with fixer solution FeSO4, Al2(SO4)3 and CaCO3. During this research produced the best dyeing cotton and silk are on soaking lime 15 minutes with fixer solution FeSO4 by resulting of spectrophotometer.