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The textile industry is a significant sector worldwide, providing employment opportunities without requiring specialized skills. It plays a crucial role in the economies of many countries. However, textile production involves the use of various chemicals and substantial amounts of water, resulting in effluent that often contains high levels of pollutants, particularly colorants. These colorants are highly toxic to living organisms and can have hazardous effects on their health. Therefore, the removal of color using natural flocculants is an important step towards protecting natural resources. Coagulation flocculation is the most widely employed method for removing color, even at low concentrations, in wastewater from textile industries. This paper presents the results of investigations conducted to remove color and physicochemical characteristics from wastewater using natural flocculants such as Cactus, Aloe vera, and a combination of Cactus and Aloe vera. The efficiency of the flocculants in color removal will be evaluated using a batch-wise coagulation flocculation method. The study will examine the impact of various important parameters on the percentage of color removal to determine the optimum conditions for achieving maximum color removal. These parameters include pH, coagulant dose, flocculant dose, coagulant mixing time, coagulant mixing speed, flocculant mixing time, flocculant mixing speed, setting time, and wastewater concentration. The expected color removal efficiency for all parameters should range from 85% to 100%.