Colouring and perfumery

Saffron has been used as a fabric dye, particularly in China and India. It is in the long run an?unstable?colouring agent; the imparted vibrant orange-yellow hue quickly fades to a pale and creamy yellow.the saffron stamens yield a luminous yellow-orange; increasing the applied saffron concentration will give fabric of increasingly rich shades of red. Clothing dyed with saffron was traditionally reserved for the noble classes, implying that saffron played a ritualised and status-keying role.