Natural Dyes From Coconut

Coconut, the fruit of life has found another life line. Pink Dyes.

Another reason to go green with pink. Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI), has found a way to extract red stains from young coconut husks, this natural stain can produce pink shade on cotton fabric to red and maroon shades on silk.

The Young Coconut Husk Extraction and Textile Application Technology was piloted using various materials, including parts of the Bahaghari and kaLIKHAsan Collections of Kingsmen Corporation and Mariana Fashion Apparels, respectively. This was also part of the package of technologies adopted and commercialized by Soumak Collection to produce one of their original color options. The dyed shirts are sold in selected shops in California, New York, and Asia, and very soon in Europe. They were also tried on bed linens of Soumak’s Bed ‘n’ Beddings in which the coconuts produced the color old rse.

More information on this new development by Julius L. Leaño Jr.Science Research Specialist II, PTRI.