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The use of vegetables, bark, roots and other natural items to make dyes has been a well-known art for many thousands of years. This ancient practice continued unchanged and untouched until the middle 19th. Century when synthetic dyes were invented. The findings at Chinese spring dating from about 3000 BC insight that the science of dyeing was initially developed in the far east. On the other hand, in Europe, the first dyers were most probably people who left around Zurich Lake in about 2000 BC The dyeing industry was established in the 15.th century BC. We also know that the art of dyeing belongs to old times in India. Marco Polo in the chronicles of his travels tells us how Indigo was cultured before it was exported to Europe by Portuguese to reach and varied Anotolian dyeing processes are a synthesis of the dyeing, the knowledge that was handed down from centuries BC, and the rich traditions of Anatolia itself. Why are natural dyes so important? Is it because some shades of color can not be found in various synthetic dyes, or is it because the natural dyes are cheaper or easier to obtain?