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A castor bean plant Ricinus communis L., a member of family Euphorbiaceae is a well known oil yielding plant. India is the world leader in Castor bean production. Whole plant body is utilised in Ayurvedic field, Present investigation is an effort to yield a Natural dye from different parts of Ricinus plant. Aerial parts of plant (Fruit coat, Leaf) were found to be good source of natural dye for cotton as well as silk Cloth. With different mordant Green, brown and yellow shades were on cloth. Excellent fastness property of dye was observed. A smart green shade was observed on Cotton cloth with mordant CuSO4. The dye extraction method is non hazardous and economically viable. The synthetic dyes created pollution in environment which can be avoided by using Natural dye. But still Natural Dye is unpopular in the market because of the higher price tag and lack of dye resource knowledge, being a dominant and widely spread species, a dye from Ricinus may be useful to solve the above problem. In the present study an attempt has been made to dye the silk fabric with Cuminum Cyminum L, commonly known as cumin seeds, as a source of natural dye which has not been exploited as natural dye by far. Optimization of natural dye extraction from cumin seeds. Dyeings obtained without mordants were compared with those obtained by pre-mordanting with Potassium aluminium sulphate, Ferrous sulphate, Copper sulphate.