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Color - correct answer ✔✔One of the most important characteristics of a product
Color goal - correct answer ✔✔produce appealing, level, fast color
Complex area - correct answer ✔✔difficult to get color on fabric in a uniform appearance
Color theory - correct answer ✔✔complex phenomenon (physics of light, chemistry of colored
objects, biology of the eye, behavioral sciences, and aesthetics)
Garment Labels - correct answer ✔✔do not give consumers any indication about the ability to
maintain appearance
Metamerism - correct answer ✔✔colors look different inside then when they do outside in the
sunlight
Bezold effect - correct answer ✔✔makes you believe that from a distance colors look different
Color Measurement - correct answer ✔✔the process of assigning numerical values to a color
lap dip - correct answer ✔✔a sample that the dye house sends to the production team
Color match - correct answer ✔✔occurs then the lap and the color standard are within
tolerances
, Shade sorting - correct answer ✔✔grouping fabrics by color
Pigment - correct answer ✔✔- Insoluble in organic compound that is glued/bonded onto fiber
surface
- A dye is soluble; a pigment is insoluble
- White and colored pigments
- Commonly used for solution dyeing
- Excellent colorfastness to light, washing, bleach and crocking(color is being rubbed off, like
when your thighs rub together)
- Wash-off or washdown
- Color loss that occurs over time as a fabric is laundered
Dyes - correct answer ✔✔substances that add color to textiles.
Natural Dyes - correct answer ✔✔found in nature
Synthetic Dyes - correct answer ✔✔chemically synthesized
Fiber specific - correct answer ✔✔different chemical compositions of fibers restricts dye types
chromophore - correct answer ✔✔is the colored portion of the dye molecule
auxochrome - correct answer ✔✔makes the dye molecule soluble and adhere to the fiber
Stages in dyeing - correct answer ✔✔- solution
- fiber stage