What is ISO 105-A03 - Greyscale for assessing staining about?
Colour fastness on textile fabrics is a required quality for multiple reasons. Colour fastness to washing or rubbing prevents additional pollution of the water eco-system, reduces wastage, as well as protects the other fabrics from getting stained. In addition, colour fastness on a fabric protects human skin from the chemical dyes. Colour fastness grading is a crucial stage in the quality control of fabrics.
ISO 105-A03 describes the grey scale for determining staining of adjacent fabrics in colour fastness tests, and its use. A precise colorimetric specification of the scale is given as a permanent record against which newly prepared working standards and standards that may have changed can be compared.
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BS EN ISO 105-A03:2019 history
2019BS EN ISO 105-A03:2019 Textiles. Tests for colour fastness - Grey scale for assessing staining