Lac is an insect dye that is developed in a resinous cocoon on the shoot of over 160 host trees that are found in the Northern India. This dye form has been extracted by aqueous extraction of Sticklac (resinous cocoon) and it is a water soluble dyestuff. Lac is used from the ancient times in a form of natural dye for Silk and Wool. This dye can be transformed from violet to Red and brown.