Colour Theory Health Social Care DT Teaching 色彩理论健康和社会保健及放大器.ppt

Fibre Source Colour Theory Where and how did colour on fabrics come from? What are fabrics? Continuous Dyeing Textile Fibres Disperse Dyes Colour illusion Cotton Flax Production Wool How is the fleece made into wool? Silk Production * * Whats the difference between cotton and linen? Natural fibers fall into two main groups: protein fibers, which come from animals, and vegetable fibers which come from plants. The main ingredient in all vegetable fibers is cellulose, a carbohydrate found in all plant life. Both cotton and linen are vegetable fibers. Linen is made from the flax plant, cotton is made from the cotton plant. A Field of Flax One of the worlds oldest fabrics, linen is woven from the fibres of the flax plant and is a completely natural resource – perhaps the most ecologically sound fabric of all. Cotton Cotton is a fiber obtained from various species of woody plants and is the most important and widely used natural fiber in the world. The production of linen fabric uses five to twenty times less water and energy than the production of cotton or other synthetic fabrics. Linen fabrics are biodegradable and recyclable. After harvesting the crop is laid out to ret, a process whereby the bark of the plant rots naturally so that the fibres loosen from the stem. It is an environmentally friendly plant and no part of it is wasted. The seeds are used for linseed oil and the bark for chipboard. The fibres are then combed, spun and woven and finished according to the way in which the fabric is to be used. Retting softens and separates the fibrous core of the plant from the outer layer. The leading cotton-producing countries are China (the worlds biggest producer), the United States, India, Pakistan, Brazil, and Egypt. The world production of cotton in the early 1990s was about 21 million tons (19 million metric tons) per year. The worlds largest consumers of cotton are the United States and Europe. Wool is the fibre derived from the fur of animals of the