dye bath
Tinting liquid container
A dye bath is a liquid solution containing dye, used to color fabric, yarn, or other materials.
The item to be colored is immersed in the bath, allowing the dye to penetrate and bond with the fibers: She prepared a dye bath of indigo for the cotton.
The term appears in textile arts, crafting, and industrial dyeing processes.
- mordantCuttingly critical in expression
- woadBlue dye from leaves
- immersionState of being submerged
- madderMore irate
- logwoodDye-yielding tropical hardwood
exhaustion · soak time · water · cold water · textile industry · indigo · rinsing · rinse cycle · dyestuff · agitation · batching · surfactant · steaming · fixative · scouring · colorant · dispersant · salt