Colour-matching on textiles : a manual intended for the use of dyers, calico printers, and textile colour chemists (1901)
Paterson, David · London : Scott, Greenwood & Son ; New York : D. Van Nostrand Co. · leaf 77
he more difficult it is to match 'perfectly. Thus, dyed cotton, linen and jute are more easily matched than wool, and dyed wool, again, is easier matched than dyed silk. Indeed, silk and China grass, or the Ramie fibre, which has a splendid silk- like lustre, are most difficult fibres to match… … Pig. 21.— Microscopical appearance of silk fibre. in hue under the artificial lights. Dyed cotton or linen, on the other hand, being more opaque fibres, resemble the pigment colours, and do not show any abnormal changes in hue under gaslight. The property of lustre, or of reflecting light,…
Dyes and dyeing · Color in the textile industries
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