An alternative interpretation of colored cotton
Coloured cotton is nowadays popular natural colored cotton, which is mainly produced by artificial breeding of cotton that exhibits natural colors on cotton fibers. The colors currently seen in the market are mainly brown and green, and brown in most cases are mostly about. It accounts for about 80%. Many factories promote the production of colored cotton products as new products. Many brands of clothing use colored cotton as their own green clothing, especially in underwear products and infant and children's clothing products. Colored cotton is widely used as a raw material. For colored cotton in the market, we may look at it from another angle. We will have an objective understanding of colored cotton.
First, color variation is a natural phenomenon, but that is a phenomenon that should be eliminated and eliminated.
The natural growth of cotton fiber with a color other than white is actually a variation, which is a gene mutation and is a natural phenomenon. Occasionally this kind of cotton appeared during the past planting process, and the farmers will eradicate it to prevent the spread of growth. In ancient times, Colored cotton was planted and used until the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century. It was still widely used in the private sector, and was even considered as a good product by the royal family. However, with the development of the dyeing technology, people prefer to use white cotton weaving cloth and then dye it. After the dyeing, the color of the garments became more and more diverse. By the early 1980s, Ms. Sail Fox, the biology professor of the United States, began cultivating and growing colored cotton in the eastern United States and promoted colored cotton products to American consumers. In the late 1980s, there was a small amount of colored cotton in the US market, but this small enthusiasm cooled in the early 90s. It was said that in the mid-1990s, it was promoted by the industry as the originator of color cotton in the contemporary world. Dr. Fox bid farewell to her colorful cotton breeding and planting business, opened a flower shop in North Carolina, and lived by selling flowers. As a natural phenomenon, there are many unstable factors in this change in cotton color. The first is the instability of color. The colors currently available on the market are only brown and green, and the depth of color is very arbitrary. The difference in the color of the cotton grown between the same seed and the same crop in the same plot is very obvious, and there will be more differences in the matching of colors. Secondly, the quality of colored cotton is unstable and the strength is low. Low flocking rate, fine fiber fineness, not suitable for spinning high-count yarn, generally using pure colored cotton (≥ 90%) spinning, yarn count up to 40. In addition, colored cotton The color fastness is poor, especially the light fastness. There have been incidents in which the fisherman found that there was a significant difference in color after catching a fish in a colored cotton T-shirt and complained to the producer. The requirements for the detergent and washing method of colored cotton were also required. It is also quite high. According to people's arguments, it is difficult to wait. These weaknesses tell from another aspect that the natural color of cotton should be white, and the appearance of so-called brown, green cotton is actually a genetic mutation, a phenomenon of return to the ancestral, species in nature. Evolutionary process , Is a natural phenomenon, the phenomenon is also a suited natural habitat, is a natural selection should be involved and will be phased phenomenon, any human intervention is contrary to the laws of nature.
2. Most of the products seen on the market are blended products of colored cotton and white cotton.
In the early stages of the arrival of colored cotton products, because the price of colored cotton is more than twice that of ordinary white cotton, in order to reduce costs and to overcome the weakness of colored cotton itself, the textile manufacturers use mostly mixed cotton and white cotton. The production of colored cotton yarns also achieves the purpose of changing the shades of colors in the same color system. For cost considerations, most of the methods used are low-proportion color cotton blended with a high proportion of white cotton. In this way, the market Seen, with brown or green cotton products, as long as mixed with colored cotton, they are all crowned with the title of colored cotton products, and they are clearly marked as green products. Under such a premise, the conventional cotton white Also upgraded to a major color family in the color cotton family, but also enjoy the benefits of green products, and favored by consumers. However, once the description is unavoidable, there is no doubt that at least it is not straightforward. Therefore, the industry established standards that allow products containing more than 90% colored cotton to be allowed to be referred to as pure colored cotton products, but such products are extremely See, most color colored cotton and cotton products are white cotton blended products, and under normal circumstances, the proportion of colored cotton contained not high.
Third, the pollution that clothing brings to people is not only dye, but the diversity of clothing is to rely on the regulation of color.
The concept of environmental protection that color cotton brings to people is “do not dye pure naturalâ€, and then it is extended to “green environmental protection†products. This seems to imply that the pollution brought by the garments comes from dyes. But objectively speaking, the pollution of dyes is just a part Or a small part, in the dyeing process of apparel fabrics is not only a process of dyeing, but at least three processes of pre-treatment, dyeing and post-treatment are required to form a complete process. In each of the three processes, It is said that there are a large number of chemical agents added to the process. After several or even dozens of processes, the fabric effect we see can only be formed. It is only a reduction or elimination of a certain link in the middle, with or without dyes, only It is said that the pollutants in the fabric are reduced by a part of the pollutants. For example, the pollutant formaldehyde that people talk about is not added during the dyeing process. However, formaldehyde damages the human body much more than normal dyes. What kind of colored cotton is produced? Manufacturers of apparel products dared to stand up and declare that the products he had made had not added any chemical products in all processes, such as Yes, it really consumer happiness.
The color of cotton is single, which makes the color change of color cotton products very monotonous. However, the diversity of clothing depends on the color change to adjust other than the style change, people's age difference, gender differences, regional differences, education level differences, etc. Many factors have affected their color requirements for the same garment. In terms of color diversity, color cotton is difficult to break through in the short term. Although there are constant reports that red, blue cotton is cultivated, those Some products in test tubes cannot be scaled up to industrial production. The introduction and expression of color genes is still an uncontrolled process at present, and it is a world-class top problem. Scientific problems can only be solved by relying on wishes and enthusiasm.
Fourth, color cotton has its limitations for clothing
The first is color, the color of cotton is mainly brown, and there is a small amount of green or brown green. The products made by this color system are difficult for young people to accept, but young people are a very important group of clothing consumption. The development of color cotton products can only be favored in middle-aged clothing and underwear. The consumption desire of such consumer groups is relatively low, and the elimination rate of underwear is also relatively slow, which in turn restricts the development of color cotton products.
Second, garments made of colored cotton are declared as green products. In addition to not dyeing, they should also add or not add chemical preparations in the finishing process. If this is done, the fabric will feel very “feeling†"Rough, rough and slippery and easy to wrinkle folds, after washing is not easy to take care of, so that consumers will quickly lose the goodwill of this type of product. To be changed, we must use chemical preparations, using modern methods A series of processes such as deodorization, softness, and wrinkle-resistance on fabrics, is such a product a true green product? Consumers may not know that such chemical agents are far more harmful to humans and the environment than dyes. Will consumers believe that "green" once they know the ** here?
Furthermore, because of the limitations of many factors such as fiber fineness, strength, finishing process, etc., products with higher color cotton content are more difficult to process and produce high-end garments.
Five, Bad Traders Pose Colored Cotton as Dyed Cotton
In the late 1980s, the market began to popularize new colored yarns that were first dyed with fibers and mixed with natural fibers, and used such a yarn weaving cloth to pursue the effects of color change on fabrics. The most used is the dyeing of cotton, which is mainly dyed black, red, green, and mixed with white cotton or two or more dyed cotton and white cotton, to produce colored cotton yarn, which is collectively known in the market. Flower gray yarn or linen gray yarn.
However, in some low-end markets, some unscrupulous merchants have used artificially dyed cotton to replace natural colored cotton. The dyes used in this type of artificially dyed cotton are mostly low-grade dyes and have not been subjected to any post-treatment. The processed garments are very irritating to human skin. As an ordinary consumer, it is difficult to distinguish between artificially colored cotton and natural colored cotton. Once a problem arises, it is not only the consumer's body that is damaged, but also the consumer's natural Color cotton products trust.
Sixth, let the colorful cotton benign development must look at the color cotton
First, the cultivation of colored cotton is an extremely complicated process. In particular, the breeding of cotton varieties, the development of new color systems, and the cultivation of cotton, rely on the top knowledge and techniques of a large number of biological genetics disciplines. By enthusiasm and hype can be achieved.
Second: Color cotton production enterprises should establish industrial alliances to further improve the quality standards of color cotton products based on the existing product standards, regulate industrial behavior, eliminate aliens, and establish a good product image in consumers' letters. .
Third: To intensify the development of new products and innovations that are suitable for the finishing technology of colored cotton products, so that the colored cotton products can withstand more rigorous testing and testing, and are closer to the ideal of pure natural and green pollution-free.
First, color variation is a natural phenomenon, but that is a phenomenon that should be eliminated and eliminated.
The natural growth of cotton fiber with a color other than white is actually a variation, which is a gene mutation and is a natural phenomenon. Occasionally this kind of cotton appeared during the past planting process, and the farmers will eradicate it to prevent the spread of growth. In ancient times, Colored cotton was planted and used until the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century. It was still widely used in the private sector, and was even considered as a good product by the royal family. However, with the development of the dyeing technology, people prefer to use white cotton weaving cloth and then dye it. After the dyeing, the color of the garments became more and more diverse. By the early 1980s, Ms. Sail Fox, the biology professor of the United States, began cultivating and growing colored cotton in the eastern United States and promoted colored cotton products to American consumers. In the late 1980s, there was a small amount of colored cotton in the US market, but this small enthusiasm cooled in the early 90s. It was said that in the mid-1990s, it was promoted by the industry as the originator of color cotton in the contemporary world. Dr. Fox bid farewell to her colorful cotton breeding and planting business, opened a flower shop in North Carolina, and lived by selling flowers. As a natural phenomenon, there are many unstable factors in this change in cotton color. The first is the instability of color. The colors currently available on the market are only brown and green, and the depth of color is very arbitrary. The difference in the color of the cotton grown between the same seed and the same crop in the same plot is very obvious, and there will be more differences in the matching of colors. Secondly, the quality of colored cotton is unstable and the strength is low. Low flocking rate, fine fiber fineness, not suitable for spinning high-count yarn, generally using pure colored cotton (≥ 90%) spinning, yarn count up to 40. In addition, colored cotton The color fastness is poor, especially the light fastness. There have been incidents in which the fisherman found that there was a significant difference in color after catching a fish in a colored cotton T-shirt and complained to the producer. The requirements for the detergent and washing method of colored cotton were also required. It is also quite high. According to people's arguments, it is difficult to wait. These weaknesses tell from another aspect that the natural color of cotton should be white, and the appearance of so-called brown, green cotton is actually a genetic mutation, a phenomenon of return to the ancestral, species in nature. Evolutionary process , Is a natural phenomenon, the phenomenon is also a suited natural habitat, is a natural selection should be involved and will be phased phenomenon, any human intervention is contrary to the laws of nature.
2. Most of the products seen on the market are blended products of colored cotton and white cotton.
In the early stages of the arrival of colored cotton products, because the price of colored cotton is more than twice that of ordinary white cotton, in order to reduce costs and to overcome the weakness of colored cotton itself, the textile manufacturers use mostly mixed cotton and white cotton. The production of colored cotton yarns also achieves the purpose of changing the shades of colors in the same color system. For cost considerations, most of the methods used are low-proportion color cotton blended with a high proportion of white cotton. In this way, the market Seen, with brown or green cotton products, as long as mixed with colored cotton, they are all crowned with the title of colored cotton products, and they are clearly marked as green products. Under such a premise, the conventional cotton white Also upgraded to a major color family in the color cotton family, but also enjoy the benefits of green products, and favored by consumers. However, once the description is unavoidable, there is no doubt that at least it is not straightforward. Therefore, the industry established standards that allow products containing more than 90% colored cotton to be allowed to be referred to as pure colored cotton products, but such products are extremely See, most color colored cotton and cotton products are white cotton blended products, and under normal circumstances, the proportion of colored cotton contained not high.
Third, the pollution that clothing brings to people is not only dye, but the diversity of clothing is to rely on the regulation of color.
The concept of environmental protection that color cotton brings to people is “do not dye pure naturalâ€, and then it is extended to “green environmental protection†products. This seems to imply that the pollution brought by the garments comes from dyes. But objectively speaking, the pollution of dyes is just a part Or a small part, in the dyeing process of apparel fabrics is not only a process of dyeing, but at least three processes of pre-treatment, dyeing and post-treatment are required to form a complete process. In each of the three processes, It is said that there are a large number of chemical agents added to the process. After several or even dozens of processes, the fabric effect we see can only be formed. It is only a reduction or elimination of a certain link in the middle, with or without dyes, only It is said that the pollutants in the fabric are reduced by a part of the pollutants. For example, the pollutant formaldehyde that people talk about is not added during the dyeing process. However, formaldehyde damages the human body much more than normal dyes. What kind of colored cotton is produced? Manufacturers of apparel products dared to stand up and declare that the products he had made had not added any chemical products in all processes, such as Yes, it really consumer happiness.
The color of cotton is single, which makes the color change of color cotton products very monotonous. However, the diversity of clothing depends on the color change to adjust other than the style change, people's age difference, gender differences, regional differences, education level differences, etc. Many factors have affected their color requirements for the same garment. In terms of color diversity, color cotton is difficult to break through in the short term. Although there are constant reports that red, blue cotton is cultivated, those Some products in test tubes cannot be scaled up to industrial production. The introduction and expression of color genes is still an uncontrolled process at present, and it is a world-class top problem. Scientific problems can only be solved by relying on wishes and enthusiasm.
Fourth, color cotton has its limitations for clothing
The first is color, the color of cotton is mainly brown, and there is a small amount of green or brown green. The products made by this color system are difficult for young people to accept, but young people are a very important group of clothing consumption. The development of color cotton products can only be favored in middle-aged clothing and underwear. The consumption desire of such consumer groups is relatively low, and the elimination rate of underwear is also relatively slow, which in turn restricts the development of color cotton products.
Second, garments made of colored cotton are declared as green products. In addition to not dyeing, they should also add or not add chemical preparations in the finishing process. If this is done, the fabric will feel very “feeling†"Rough, rough and slippery and easy to wrinkle folds, after washing is not easy to take care of, so that consumers will quickly lose the goodwill of this type of product. To be changed, we must use chemical preparations, using modern methods A series of processes such as deodorization, softness, and wrinkle-resistance on fabrics, is such a product a true green product? Consumers may not know that such chemical agents are far more harmful to humans and the environment than dyes. Will consumers believe that "green" once they know the ** here?
Furthermore, because of the limitations of many factors such as fiber fineness, strength, finishing process, etc., products with higher color cotton content are more difficult to process and produce high-end garments.
Five, Bad Traders Pose Colored Cotton as Dyed Cotton
In the late 1980s, the market began to popularize new colored yarns that were first dyed with fibers and mixed with natural fibers, and used such a yarn weaving cloth to pursue the effects of color change on fabrics. The most used is the dyeing of cotton, which is mainly dyed black, red, green, and mixed with white cotton or two or more dyed cotton and white cotton, to produce colored cotton yarn, which is collectively known in the market. Flower gray yarn or linen gray yarn.
However, in some low-end markets, some unscrupulous merchants have used artificially dyed cotton to replace natural colored cotton. The dyes used in this type of artificially dyed cotton are mostly low-grade dyes and have not been subjected to any post-treatment. The processed garments are very irritating to human skin. As an ordinary consumer, it is difficult to distinguish between artificially colored cotton and natural colored cotton. Once a problem arises, it is not only the consumer's body that is damaged, but also the consumer's natural Color cotton products trust.
Sixth, let the colorful cotton benign development must look at the color cotton
First, the cultivation of colored cotton is an extremely complicated process. In particular, the breeding of cotton varieties, the development of new color systems, and the cultivation of cotton, rely on the top knowledge and techniques of a large number of biological genetics disciplines. By enthusiasm and hype can be achieved.
Second: Color cotton production enterprises should establish industrial alliances to further improve the quality standards of color cotton products based on the existing product standards, regulate industrial behavior, eliminate aliens, and establish a good product image in consumers' letters. .
Third: To intensify the development of new products and innovations that are suitable for the finishing technology of colored cotton products, so that the colored cotton products can withstand more rigorous testing and testing, and are closer to the ideal of pure natural and green pollution-free.