Abstract:
The objective of this research was to extract the pigments of these waste flowers and use it to produce a natural paint that can be used for frescoes in religious locations as a community service project. The Soxhlet extraction method has been utilized to extract colorants from the flower petals using various inorganic and organic solvents. Many flowers failed to give a sufficient color yield to develop a paint while pigeonwing flowers produced enough pigment extraction to produce a sky-blue color paint.
Citation:
Thuduwage, A., Muthumal, I., & Premachandra, B.A.J.K. (2019). Natural paint development using local flora [Extended Abstract]. In P.G. Rathnasiri (Ed.), Proceedings of Undergraduate Research Symposium Chemical and Process Engineering 2019 (pp. 111-113). Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Moratruwa.
