What is natural colored cotton?

Cotton, mallow, cotton plant. An annual herb or perennial shrub that is herbal cotton or kapok. China's cultivated cotton is divided into four types: upland cotton, sea island cotton, Asian cotton (medium cotton) and grass cotton. Upland cotton, also known as fine cotton, is high in adaptability due to its high yield and slender fiber. Seaweed cotton, also known as long-staple cotton, is a slender, smooth, high-strength cotton fiber, but its yield is low; Asian cotton is native to India and has a long history of cultivation in China. It has a small planting area and is basically reserved as a seed source. Grass cotton is also known as African cotton, and its output is lower than that of Asian cotton. The first impression of cotton is white. However, there are colored fibers in these four cultivated cotton varieties, namely colored cotton.

Colored cotton refers to cotton in which cotton fibers exhibit a certain natural color. Currently, there are mainly brown and green colors. Natural colored cotton is not a brand new kind of textile. In the history, the Asian cotton varieties that have been planted in China have colored cotton of brown fiber, also known as purple cotton. Natural colored cotton has shortcomings such as short fiber length, low output and unclear color. With the demand for color and the development of printing and dyeing technology, white cotton has gradually occupied the market of natural colored cotton due to its high color dyeability. Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to health and environmental protection materials, and natural colored cotton has returned to people's vision.

Today's natural colored cotton is cultivated through biotechnology such as hybridization and genetic modification. At present, the genetic modification technology is very mature, and genes of different colors are implanted into the cotton plants, and in the natural growth process, various colored bright cottons can be obtained. Natural colored cotton is more healthy and environmentally friendly than white cotton because it eliminates the processes of dyeing, bleaching and scouring in the manufacturing process, and has no harmful chemicals to avoid harm to the human body and the environment.

The advantages of natural colored cotton in terms of color and material properties make it attractive in the field of textiles and garments. However, its own characteristics also have certain limitations, such as color inconsistency, poor color stability, single color, low yield, and poor quality.