Natural colored cotton has existed since ancient times, cotton ancestral wild cotton fibers often with a tan or other colors. For thousands of years, Indians in the Americas have been growing natural colored cotton. After long-term cultivation of wild colored cotton, after selection has been people planted and used. Some ancient Chinese agricultural books have a record of natural colored cotton. It is reported that a natural colored cotton planted in China from the 18th to the 19th century (about the Ming and Qing dynasties) was called "purple cloth" by hand. Violet cloth is the public clothing, origin for the southern region, especially in Shanghai's Songjiang most famous. 1819 was exported to the Americas, Europe and Southeast Asia, Shanghai Songjiang cotton cloth and purple yellow cotton woven into the reach of more than 3.3 million purple cloth, was the 18th and 19th century swept the United Kingdom gentleman trendy clothing. The natural color of the purple cloth rustic color, hand-woven in the history of the popular and popular fans. However, by the early 20th century, the commercial planting of natural colored cotton basically disappeared in Asia, Africa, Central America and South America. Only the seed samples which were the resources were found in the gene pool. Only a few cultivated plants in Louisiana, French descent tribes and Mocca Indians living in northern Peru. There are currently 27 natural color cotton planting, research and development and production of the country a total of 27. Including China, the United States, Turkey and so on. Ms. Sally Fox of the United States is the first person in the world to commercialize natural colored cotton. She started planting and researching natural colored cotton from 1982. In 1988 she won the first batch of machine-woven natural colored cotton. Most of the natural color cotton development companies in the United States are decentralized operations, planting, spinning, weaving, garments, and sales. Each link operates independently and lacks industrial operation and coordination. There are 15 provinces (autonomous regions) that carry out natural color cotton planting, research and development and production in China. Xinjiang is China's most natural color cotton planting places. At present, China's natural color cotton production has been living in the forefront of the world. Natural colored cotton does not need to be dyed in the processing of textiles, thus reducing the processing steps, correspondingly reducing the discharge of sewage and sewage treatment, avoiding the pollution of water resources and dyestuffs during processing, the harm of toxic auxiliaries to the human body and the environment The destruction, reducing the energy consumption. Natural colored cotton textile processing and production of the whole process using non-toxic chemical additives and non-polluting process equipment to achieve the spinning, weaving, post-processing, clothing, "process-free pollution" of processing, the entire production process is neither pollution Environment, nor the environment pollution. Natural color cotton textile raw materials can be renewable, waste can be reused by recycling or buried to achieve natural degradation or incineration and other methods. The current natural color cotton for end product development has two major colors: brown, green. The natural colored cotton fiber is soft and feels good. The clothing is soft in color, simple in nature and pure in texture. It feels comfortable and safe, which is in line with people's return to nature and natural color. Natural colored cotton is best suited for the development of skin-friendly textiles and apparel collections such as underwear, panties, shirts, T-shirts, pullovers, vests, pajamas, bras, socks, and baby products that make it a veritable human second Healthy skin; at the same time develop close to the skin bed category, towels category, blankets blankets, blankets and other textile products category; also developed a number of maternity clothes, maternity clothes and various types of women's health supplies. The development of natural colored cotton is the development direction of green textiles. Wearing natural colored cotton textiles is a symbol of high quality of life, in line with the development trend of dress demand and the trend of returning to nature. Therefore, its textiles can be described as "the darling of the 21st century" known as "the second human skin," to meet the needs of the market, is the 21st century international green textile market, one of the most promising products. According to the International Commission for Organic Agriculture, it is estimated that 30% of the global cotton output will be replaced by colored cotton and organic cotton within the next 30 years. According to experts, in the 21st century, 60% to 70% of the world's population will use natural colored cotton products. Natural color industry belongs to sustainable development industry, which helps to break the non-tariff barrier of textiles and has significant social benefits. Although the current price is high, it is still welcomed by consumers. Natural colored cotton textiles will enter the home of ordinary people .
November 08, 2018