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colorfast

colorfast

1 4.4
A fabric that keeps its color when washed or left in the sun
  • adjective
  • /ˈkʌlərˌfæst/
  • US
translation icon : resistente al lavado

Examples

  • A colorfast blue

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  • The fabric used for these curtains is colorfast, so you don't have to worry about colors fading in the sunlight.

  • When shopping for clothes, make sure to choose colorfast fabrics that won't run after washing.

  • The painter preferred to work with colorfast dyes to ensure his artwork would last for many years.

Synonyms

fast
vscolorfast
  • Specialized
14 4.9

A cloth that does not lose color when washed

focuses specifically on color staying true despite washing or light
lightfast
vscolorfast
  • Specialized
6.5

Does not fade or change color in sunlight

resists fading and running from both washing and light

How Colorfast

colorfast
  • US
1 4.4
to crock
  • Specialized
1 9.9
to bleed
16 5.8

Surface Forms

colorfast positive
colourfast positive

Morphology

colorfast = color + fast (transparent) = color + fast

The adjective is a clear compound of 'color' + 'fast' meaning the colour is fixed and does not fade, a direct and regular compounding pattern.

Etymology

Colorfast comes from the two simple parts color and fast, where fast originally meant 'firm' or 'stays in place', as in steadfast. So colorfast describes a color that 'stays' and does not fade or run when washed or left in the sun.