Color Sensibility Factors of Cotton Fabrics Dyed with Persimmon Powder

This study was aimed at identifying the color sensibility factors of cotton fabrics dyed with immature per- simmon powder. The relationships of these factors with objective color characteristics, including tone, CIE color attri- butes, and mordanting, were determined and their prediction models, using the related objective parameters, were established. Fourteen dyed specimens, in a range of shades, were prepared as stimulus by dyeing cotton fabric with per- simmon powder; some specimens were also subjected to iron-mordanting. Thirty-nine female college students evalu- ated these specimens based on 17 color image terms, using IRI color image scales. As a result, four color sensibility factors viz. clearness, vivid & dynamic, dignity, and natural & warmth were selected. Clearness, vivid & dynamic, and natural & warmth were more strongly perceived in non-mordanted fabric specimens. Pale increased the feeling of clearness while soft contributed to a stronger perception of natural & warmth. CIE L * was positively related with clear- ness while b * was a positive explainer for natural & warmth. All significant prediction models for the color sensibility