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Glossary

What is Vat dye?

A dye class, including indigo, used where a surface-only wash-fast colour is wanted; the dye does not need to reach the fibre's core.

This term in other languages

Arabicصبغة وعائية
FrenchTeinture de cuve
TurkishKüp boya

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Dye classes and which fibres each one dyes: reactive, disperse, acid and vat

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