The first known use of the word
colorfast was in 1916 In general, clothing should be tested for colourfastness before using bleach or
Kaynak: Colour fastnessIt used dye s that were not
colorfast in a typically plaid design, resulting in bleeding and fading colors that yielded a new look to
Kaynak: Madras (cloth)colorfast 1
Colorfast dyes are dyes resistant to shifts in hue, fading, or bleeding (transfer of dye) when wet copperas 1 Copperas is the
Kaynak: Glossary of dyeing terms Performance:
colorfast to perspiration staining,
colorfast to dry cleaning, air and vapor permeable. Tenacity: weak fiber with breaking
Kaynak: Cellulose acetateIt does not dye well, but has the advantage of being
colorfast. Since Olefin has a low melting point, textiles can be thermally bonded.
Kaynak: Olefin fiberWhile most gis sold today are made of a
colorfast material, some manufacturers recommend that a darker coloured gi (blue, black, red, etc
Kaynak: Brazilian jiu-jitsu gi