| Color: |
a phenomenon of light or visual perception that enables one to differentiate identical items |
| Color Value: |
Lightness or darkness of a color |
| Consistency: |
the thinness or thickness of a fabric or fibre |
| Contrast: |
the sharp difference between two colors |
| Count: |
The number given a yarn or fiber to indicate its yardage per weight |
| Crinkling: |
To make or become wrinkled, rippled, roughened, or creased; usually done to fabrics like linen, challis, silk, or cotton |
| Dye: |
a color used for staining, tinting, or toning a medium. There is no separation of ingredients once dye is made |
| Finishing: |
Any treatment given to a fabric after weaving or to garments after cleaning to improve appearance like sizing or ironing |
| Hand: |
The feel, body, drape, or touch of the surface of fabric |
| Hue: |
the name of a pure color |
| Intensity: |
color’s purity or strength |
| Nib, Nep, Nubb: |
Small bits of fiber that stick above surface of otherwise smooth fabric |
| Piece: |
Length of fabric |
| Primary colors: |
red, blue, yellow |
| Secondary colors: |
mixing of primary colors; green, orange, purple |
| Skein: |
a coil of yarn also called hank |
