This National Standard of Canada is equivalent to International Standard ISO
105-A01:1989. 1.1
This Standard provides general information about the methods for testing colour
fastness of textiles for the guidance of users. The uses and the limitations
of the methods are pointed out, several terms are defined, an outline of the
form of the methods is given and the contents of the clauses constituting the
methods are discussed. Procedures common to a number of the methods are
discussed briefly. 1.2
By colour fastness is meant the resistance of the colour of textiles to the
different agencies to which these materials may be exposed during manufacture
and their subsequent use. The change of colour and staining of undyed adjacent
fabrics are assessed as fastness ratings. Other visible changes of the textile
material under test, for example surface effects, change in gloss or shrinkage,
should be considered as separate properties and reported as such. Any loose
fibres from the specimen adhering to the adjacent fabrics shall be removed
before assessment of staining. 1.3
The methods may be used not only for assessing colour fastness fo textiles but
also for assessing colour fastness of dyes. When a method is so used, the dye
is applied to the textile in specified depths of colour by stated procedures
and the material is then tested in the usual way. 1.4
For the most part, individual methods are concerned with colour fastness to a
single agency, as the agencies of interest in a particular case, and the order
of application, will generally vary. It is recognized that experience and
future developments in practice may justify procedures in which two or more
agencies are combined. 1.5
The conditions in the tests have been chosen to correspond closely to
treatments usually employed in manufacture and to conditions of ordinary use.
At the same time, they have been kept as simple and reproducible as possible.
As it cannot be hoped that the tests will duplicate all the conditions under
which textiles are processed or used, the fastness ratings should be
interpreted according to the particular needs of each user. They provide,
however, a common basis for testing and reporting colour fastness.