Meanings
nouncolorfastness (usually uncountable, plural colorfastnesses)
plural colorfastnesses · alternative colour fastness · alternative colourfastness
- uncountableusuallyThe characteristic of being colorfast.
I have had less success with colorfastness when using plants grown indoors in winter under grow lights versus the same plants used in the height of summer.
2026, Stefanie Johnson, “Speckles and Tonals”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 51
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colorfastness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorfastness
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“colorfastness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorfastness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colorfastness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorfastness.
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