Your colour has been chosen and you know how to communicate it, you have considered the environment and feel that you can talk about the sustainability of your product but what about applying a colour to your fabric? The process of dyeing is an important part of your design that you will ask someone else to do so it is a good idea to know a little about the process and what you should be asking the dyer about things such as levelness, colour fastness and reproducibility.

Check out the associated three topics on specific dyes for specific fibres – Acid Dyes, Disperse Dyes and Reactive Dyes.