Textile Science Exam 3

Napping

What is a finish that is commonly used in fleas and flannel fabrics where the fibers are brushed up and given a fluffy texture?

a faux finish

When an adhesive is put on a piece of fabric where you want the design to be, and then sprinkle tiny microscopic flex of fabrics on it and brush them off

Problems with durable press finish

Odor, reduced lifespan, expensive, reduces abrasion resistance

Solution dying

When you add color to the dough in the solution

Yarn dyeing

the process of dyeing yarn before it is woven or knitted into fabric

Pigments

Colorants that do not dissolve in water

Mauve

What color was the first synthetic coal dye?

Crocking

color transfer that is not supposed to happen

Example of Crocking

you buy a new dark pair of jeans and when you take them off, your legs are dyed blue

Bleeding

when a dye or color comes out of a fabric and transfers onto another fabric, usually when exposed to water

Example of Bleeding

A red shirt releases dye during washing and turns white clothes pink

Lab dip

sample prepared by dyehouse

Mordant

derived from the Latin word “mordere” meaning to bite

1 red and 1 brown, so 2

If a white, cotton, jersey fabric is to be directly over-printed with Razorbacks and footballs, how many rollers would you need to use?

Sir Isaac Newton

Who is credited for finding color with a prism?

3 primary colors

red, yellow, and blue

Yellow

What color is known as the schizophrenic color?

intensity

Brightness and dullness of a color is known as…

Navy

What is a shade of blue?

Moire finish

creates a wavy, water-like pattern on the fabric, usually using heat and pressure

Shade

variation of a color. how dark a color is

tone

adding gray to make a color less vibrant

hue

the actual color

tint

adding white to make a color lighter

burn-out finish

acid is used to burn out fabric finish, creating sheer or see-through patterns

a duplex print

What is a fabric that is printed on both sides?

Overprinting

What is it called if fabric is printed on an already dyed fabric?

Piece dyeing

Which dyeing process would most likely be used on a solid fabric that is 50% cotton and 50% polyester?

Converted goods

Gray goods dyed

Color faster

What is the term that is dyes and prints that do not shift hue of fey when exposed to various conditions

Gray goods

Fabric that has not been finished

Plisse finish

Printed with caustic soda to pucker the fabric

Flocked finish

Adhesive is used to adhere short flicks of fibers to fabric surface to produce a pattern

embossed finish

imprinted with a design as fabric passes through the rollers

durable press

items retain shape and presses appearance after many uses, washes, and tumble drying

wicking

draws moisture from the skins surface to the fabrics surface so it can evaporate, cool the body, and keep the wearer dry

dyeing

dyestuff are dissolved in water and absorbed by the fibers

print

pigments or dyes are applied to a fabric

colorants

chemicals that produce color

stock or fiber dyeing

fibers dye before yarn process

skein

yarns are wrapped around skeins and immersed into large dye vats

package

yarns are wrapped around spools and immersed into a dye bath

beam

large version of package dyeing; more economic

cross-dyeing

mixing several dyes in same dye bath, each one specific to a fiber based on that fibers affinity

union dyeing

dyeing of same color of 2 different fibers with different affinities for dye

wet printing

paste made of dyes

dry printing

paste made of pigments; requires adhesive

block print

hand process; different block for each color

direct

color is applied directly to the fabric in the pattern and location desired

metamerism

when a color looks one way under one light source, and different under another light source

measurement

when you assign a number to a color