Abstract
This paper describes the identification of natural dyes in historic textiles from the mid nineteenth century using thin layer chromatography (TLC) and microchemical tests. Yellow, brown and red dyes were analyzed by TLC and blue by microchemical tests. Seventy samples which were taken from museum textiles were compared with reference materials prepared in the Laboratory as well as with chemically pure major dye components of natural dyes. One yellow, two brown, one blue and two red natural dyes were identified in different primary and secondary coloured samples. It is also seen from the results that mixtures of two dyes have been used to obtain desired shades.
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