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- Colour fastness is a term—used in the dyeing of textile materials—that characterizes a material's colour's resistance to fading or running. Colour fastness...
- Singles Chart, but peaked at number 39 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. "Colourfast" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 31 on...
- the mid-1880s, standardised cotton drill uniforms were produced using a colourfast mineral dye of the shade now recognised universally as khaki. The fabric...
- background; the four stripe colours were po****r and easily produced using good colourfast dyes at that time. In 1798, a mill owner received a purchase order for...
- of several different dyes, making them less effective[how?] and less colourfast than purely fiber-reactive dyes. Most tie-dyes are now d**** with fiber-reactive...
- prosperous from the woad trade. Woad was eventually replaced by the more colourfast Indigofera tinctoria and, in the early 20th century, both woad and Indigofera...
- not been completely removed. Acrylic is fairly difficult to dye but is colourfast, washable, and has the feel and appearance of wool, making it a good rug...
- d**** repeatedly in a weak dyebath would be resistant to wear and more colourfast, also adding to the economical nature of indigo-d**** textiles. Following...
- material, allegedly hand-painted with broad, mop like brushes using non-colourfast dyes in broad pea green and dark brown stripes, or "brush-strokes". With...
- alcohol it has a strong blue colour, but still has a red tinge. The dye is colourfast, resisting fading by light. Sulfuric acid solution gives a red solution...