Novel inkjet ink compositions for forming an image in a form of an elastic film attached to a surface of a stretchable and/or flexible substrate and processes utilizing same for inkjet printing color images on various substrates such as colored and absorptive or impregnable stretchable materials, which are characterized by heightened efficiency in process time, ink and energy consumption, as well as products having durable, wash-fast and abrasion-fast images printed thereon by the process, are disclosed. The novel ink compositions comprise a first part, which contains a property-adjusting agent and a carrier, and a second part which contains an emulsified property-sensitive proto-elastomeric film-forming agent, a colorant and a carrier, such that the second part congeals upon contact with the property-adjusting agent. The second part is digitally applied to the substrate less than 1 second following the application of the first part to the substrate.

An embodiment herein provides a process for dyeing of textile materials 108 with supercritical fluid. One or more dye materials 102 along with additives (if required) are mixed with at least one suitable solvent 104 to obtain one or more dye solutions 106. A textile material 108 is pre-treated with the one or more dye solutions 106 to obtain a dye coated textile material 110. The dye-coated textile material 110 is exposed to the supercritical fluid 112 in a supercritical fluid dyeing vessel at controlled pressure and temperature. The supercritical fluid 112 solubilizes and diffuses the one or more dye materials 102 inside the surface, pores and capillaries of the textile material 108. The supercritical fluid vessel is then depressurized below supercritical condition to entrap the one or more dye materials 102 in the textile material 108 to obtain a supercritical fluid dyed textile material 114.

Disclosed is a method for dyeing solution dyed bulk continuous filament (BCF) fibers. The BCF fibers are twisted together to form a 2 or more ply strand prior to dyeing. After twisting the fibers together, the fiber is preferably spaced dyed to provide a multi-colored pattern along the length of the strand. Following the space dyeing step, the strand is heat set.

In a multilayer colored woven fabric of the present invention, at least one of a warp yarn and a weft yarn that form a woven fabric body is dyed with a dye, and a first pigment coating film colored with a first pigment is provided on at least one surface of the woven fabric body. The method of manufacturing the woven fabric may include a dyeing step of dyeing at least one of a warp forming yarn and a weft forming yarn, a weaving step of forming a woven fabric body by using the warp forming yarn and the weft forming yarn after the dyeing step, a first pigment applying step of applying a first coating material containing a first pigment to at least one surface of the woven fabric body, and a first heat-drying step of heat-drying the first coating material to form a first pigment coating film.

Novel inkjet ink compositions for forming an image in a form of an elastic film attached to a surface of a stretchable and/or flexible substrate and processes utilizing same for inkjet printing color images on various substrates such as colored and absorptive or impregnable stretchable materials, which are characterized by heightened efficiency in process time, ink and energy consumption, as well as products having durable, wash-fast and abrasion-fast images printed thereon by the process, are disclosed. The novel ink compositions comprise a first part, which contains a property-adjusting agent and a carrier, and a second part which contains an emulsified property-sensitive proto-elastomeric film-forming agent, a colorant and a carrier, such that the second part congeals upon contact with the property-adjusting agent. The second part is digitally applied to the substrate less than 1 second following the application of the first part to the substrate.

An inkjet ink for textile printing includes: water; an aqueous organic solvent; and colored resin particles, in which the colored resin particles contain a urethane resin and a dye, the dye containing at least one dye selected from the group consisting of an oil-soluble dye, a disperse dye, and a vat dye, and the urethane resin has an acid value of 5 to 90 mgKOH/g.

A blended fabric having a patterned color includes a first portion comprised of cotton and a second portion comprised of polyester. A dye that has a strong affinity for cotton and a slight affinity for polyester is applied to the fabric. The dye gives the cotton portion a deep black color and applies a light gray color to the polyester portion. A combination of deep black cotton and light gray polyester combines to provide the patterned color of the blended fabric. The blended fabric may be comprised of a larger percentage of cotton than polyester that is spun into a single filament yarn that is then knitted into a Jersey Knit styled fabric, a looped knit terry fabric, or a fleece fabric. Further, the present invention comprises a blended fabric whereby dye absorption by the cotton and not by the polyester create darker and lighter patterns within the blended fabric.

An electro-optic fiber including a conductive fiber, a layer of electro-optic medium on the conductive fiber, and a conductor on the layer of electro-optic medium. A method of making the electro-optic fiber including the steps of coating a conductive fiber with an electro-optic medium and applying a conductor to the electro-optic medium. The resulting fibers can be woven to create a color-changing material, such as a fabric.

A dyeing process includes weaving patterns on a textile of nylon, CD yarn and polyester; pouring acidic dye, cationic dye and dispersive dye into a dyeing machine; adding auxiliary coloring agent, homogeneous coloring agent and coloring retardant into the dyeing machine wherein the auxiliary coloring agent is prepared by adding 1 g of acetic acid to 1 liter of water to form a solution which is adjusted to have a pH between 4 and 5; the homogeneous coloring agent is prepared by adding 1 g of homogeneous coloring agent to 0.1 kg of textile; and the color retardant is prepared by adding 1 g of sodium sulfate to 1,000 g of water; putting the textile in the dyeing machine to dye as a finished textile. Each pattern woven by a different textile material has a color corresponding to the applied dye. The color of patterns is the color of the dye applied to the patterns.

The invention relates to carpets comprising a cationically-dyeable polyester effect yarn, dyed with a basic dye, and a background polyester or polyamide yarn, not dyed with a basic dye, and wherein the carpet has been overdyed with a disperse dye or an acid dye. The invention further relates to methods of preparing such overdyed carpets.