In recent years, due to environmental problems and dependence on oil usage of synthetic dyes, more attention has paid to new resources for natural dyes. Microbial colorants have been used in food industries as environmentally friendly and renewable resources. Some of them have shown excellent antimicrobial and UV resistance properties as well. In this study colorants produced by some of the microorganisms, including bacteria Serratia Marcescens and Enterobacter, the yeast Rhodotorula and some microorganisms isolated from soil and air were investigated. Culture medium for maximum color production for each microorganism was studied. Results showed that solid medium containing casein peptone, yeast extract, lactose and Mueller Hinton agar are the best medium for Enterobacter and Serratia bacteria. The aqueous medium containing yeast extract, glucose, sulfate salts with an initial pH of 5.5 was selected as the best environment for Rhodotorula. Solid medium containing starch, casein peptone, nutrient agar, phosphate and sulfate salts was chosen for the microorganism isolated from soil while Hinton agar and salts, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, and magnesium sulfate were more suitable for the bacteria isolated from the air. Microorganisms produced different red and yellow colorants which were able to dye wool, nylon and acrylic fibers. UV-Vis spectroscopy of methanolic extract of dyes showed different maximum absorption wavelength for colorants. FTIR spectroscopy and HPLC were used to identify the main functional groups and also differentiation of various produced colorants. Dyeing with the obtained dye solution was carried out for various textiles under different dyeing method such as acidic, basic, disperse and direct dyes. The results showed dye solution of Serratia and the bacteria in the soil had higher uptake on acrylic at higher pH indicating the cationic nature of colorants. In contrast, dye uptake on wool and acrylic fibers from dye solution of the air isolated bacteria and Eterobacter decreased at higher pH, suggesting the more acidic nature of colorants. All colorants showed very low light fastness on dyed fabric which is characteristic of natural colorants. In contrast their washing fastness was high probably due to their nonpolar character. After treatment with copper, chromium, iron and silver increased the light fastness of red dye from soil isolated bacteria while only copper was useful on dyes from Rhodotorula. Key words: microorganism, color, fabric, dyeing, Serratia, Rhodotorula, FTIR, HPLC, wash fastness, light fastness.