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Abstract This study utilizes optical measurements, thermo-impedance analysis, potentiodynamic polarization studies and morphology observations of henna leaves extract (HLE) incorporated in an acrylic resin coating. The acrylic resin coating with 0.2 wt/vol% HLE (AC2) had the best performance protecting metal from corrosion. XRD and DSC analysis demonstrate that an increase in the crystallite size limits the close packed structure, which increases the free volume and reduces the T g of the coating. Open circuit potential (OCP) measurements demonstrate that the AC2 coating has a uniform potential due to the lower rate of coating barrier destruction. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) indicates that AC2 has the highest coating resistance, R c (4.79 × 10 8  Ω), and lowest coating capacitance, C c (3.32 × 10 −9  F/cm 2 ). An elevation in temperature caused coating deterioration for all of the coatings. AC2 has the lowest dielectric constant, e r , indicating less water uptake and lower ionic conductivity. An additional study of potentiodynamic polarization demonstrates that AC2 has shifted to the noble potential and gives the lowest corrosion current density, i corr , reading. The corrosion rate is the lowest for AC2 (3.93 × 10 −7  mm/year), while the polarization resistance is the highest at 7.44 × 10 7  Ω. An SEM morphology study indicates that AC2 has lesser delamination and greater coverage of HLE in the coating.