Dyeings [noun]

For obtaining level dyeings in pale shades it is advisable not to enter the goods too hot, but to raise the temperature gradually.

The most important factor for producing uniform dyeings is the appropriate regulation of the temperature of the dye-bath.

Kalamkari, kal-am-kar′i, n. a method of colouring and decorating by several dyeings or printings, also a chintz so treated.

Basic dyes are precipitated by this kind of water, rendering part of the dye useless, and also causing uneven and streaky dyeings.

Considerable quantities of lime and magnesia in the water will cause duller shades with logwood and fustic dyeings.

As a result the hair may not be sufficiently killed, and so give uneven dyeings subsequently.

Potassium permanganate is occasionally used to produce dyeings of a brown shade on furs.

The dyeings, too, are nearly, but not fully as brilliant and even as in the latter case.

These dyeings also have the advantage of being faster to light than logwood or other blacks.

This can account for the fact that Aniline Black dyeings usually turned green after a short time.