Lightfastness and colourfastness both describe how well a textile’s colour resists change, but they are not interchangeable. Lightfastness deals specifically with exposure to light. Colourfastness is the broader family of resistance tests covering influences such as rubbing, washing, water, perspiration or dry cleaning. This distinction matters when choosing curtains, upholstery and bedding. A fabric may […]

A fabric can look perfectly warm, balanced and coordinated in a showroom, then appear cooler, darker or more saturated when it reaches your home. This does not automatically mean that the wrong colour was supplied. Fabric colour is an appearance produced by the material, the light falling on it and the setting in which you […]