A Study on the dyeing of wool felt using cochineal and mordants - change of color and image analysis of dyed felt -

Felt fabric is one of the nonwovens characterized by the entanglement of the constituent fibers, resulting from the application of heat, moisture, and mechanical action to a fibrous web. This method has been applied to the wool fibers for long. As a natural dyestuff, cochineal dyestuff was employed for dyeing felt specimens. The color of the dyed felt was measured using a colorimeter. Along with this, an attempt was made in order to evaluate the variance of the color of the felted specimens having irregular orientation of wool fibers.