Wholesale Natural Dyes & Mordants

Madder – Rubia tinctorium, Rubia cordifolia, and Morinda citrifolia is an ancient dye that dates back to 3000BC. It is most frequently used to prod...

Myrobalan is made from the ground nuts of the Terminalia chebula tree which grows in south China, Sri Lanka, Burma, Nepal and Thailand. Myrobalan c...

Gallnut or Oak Gall is used to mordant cellulose fibers and fabrics before the alum mordant is used. Alum does not combine as readily with cellulos...

Oxalic acid is used to bleach fibers as well as to modify the Ph of the dye bath.

Pomegranate extract and powder comes from the rinds of pomegranates Punica granatum. It is high in tannin and improves the light and washfastness ...

Potassium Aluminum Sulfate is probably the most commonly used mordant by Natural dyers of both protein and cellulose fibers. It is used to improve ...

Spirulina - Super food, soap dye and natural dye.Spirulina is a non-toxic blue-green algae that is grown in open-channel, shallow, man-made raceway...

Sumach Gallnut is a natural extract that is produced from the Chinese Gallnut and has been especially developed for the textile industry. This mate...

Tannin or tannic acid is used to assist the mordants of cellulose fibers and fabrics. Alum does not bond with cellulose fibers as well as it does w...

Tara (Caesalpinea spinoza) is a small thorny tree that grows wild in South America and North Africa. The fruit pods on the tara plant are rich pyro...

Tartaric acid can be an optional addition to the alum mordant process in natural dyeing. It is used to soften and protect protein fibers and br...