A laundry care composition including: (a) at least one laundry care ingredient and (b) a leuco composition. The laundry care composition after 30 days of storage at 25 C. provides a whiteness benefit to cotton upon washing that is greater than the initial whiteness benefit. Methods of treating textiles with such laundry care compositions.

A whitening composition for fabric, in particular, unbleached cellulosic fiber-containing fabric. The composition includes a blue dye, a violet dye; and, optionally, a thickening agent; wherein the composition is free of bleaching agents and optical brighteners. A method of whitening a fabric using whitening compositions is also disclosed.

A method for producing a combustion resistant upholstery fabric with a weight of approximately 180-210 g/m.sup.2 includes: at least one preparation step of an intimate blend yarn with 65% by weight of polyester fibers and 35% by weight of cotton fibers, at least one weaving step with a 2/1 twill weave of the yarn thus prepared to obtain a fabric, at least one washing step of said fabric to obtain a bleached fabric, at least one step of pressing said bleached fabric, the pressing step involves inserting said bleached fabric inside at least one calender to obtain an upholstery fabric.

A method for producing a combustion resistant upholstery fabric with a weight of approximately 180-210 g/m.sup.2 includes: at least one preparation step of an intimate blend yarn with 65% by weight of polyester fibers and 35% by weight of cotton fibers, at least one weaving step with a 2/1 twill weave of the yarn thus prepared to obtain a fabric, at least one washing step of said fabric to obtain a bleached fabric, at least one step of pressing said bleached fabric, the pressing step involves inserting said bleached fabric inside at least one calender to obtain an upholstery fabric.

A laundry care composition including: (a) at least one laundry care ingredient and (b) a leuco composition. The laundry care composition has a ?HA of at least 10. Methods of treating textiles with such laundry care compositions.

A laundry care composition including: (a) at least one laundry care ingredient and (b) a leuco composition. The laundry care composition after 30 days of storage at 25 C. provides a whiteness benefit to cotton upon washing that is greater than the initial whiteness benefit. Methods of treating textiles with such laundry care compositions.