colorfast

English

Alternative forms

• colourfast (British)

Etymology

color +‎ fast. Compare West Frisian kleurfêst (“colourfast”), Dutch kleurvast (“colourfast”).

Adjective

colorfast (comparative more colorfast, superlative most colorfast)

1. Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.

Hyponyms

• lightfast, sunfast

Derived terms

• colorfastness

Translations

having colors that will not run or fade

• Bulgarian: неизбеляващ (neizbeljavašt)
• Finnish: värinpitävä

See also

• waterfast

Anagrams

• olfactors, soft coral