Colouration of textiles is an art and less complicated than actually thought; just needs due attention to ascertain look, quality and consistency in product. Each textile is coloured with specific colourants through its own technology. Thorough realization of the basics of colouration is the essential need to achieve that.

This second edition includes new chapters and an in-depth revision of previous chapters that make the book useful for a large spectrum of readers. New chapters on dyeing with natural dyes, differential coloured effects in dyeing, enzymatic dyeing of textiles, and synthesis of dye intermediates, put new life to the first edition.