THE DYEING OF TENCEL .1. REACTIVE DYES

Three examples of three types of reactive dye were applied to cotton, regular viscose and Tencel at 2% o.m.f. It was found that the colorime tric parameters of all the dyes on the three types of fibre reflected those of the; undyed substrates and, in general, that there was relati vely little difference in colour between the dyeings on the three fibr e types. The colour strength of the dyeings was lowest on cotton, the dyeings on Tencel being of slightly lower colour strength than those o n viscose. From the results, it appears that Tencel exhibits similar d yeability to regular viscose with reactive dyes.