colorfast

[ kuhl-er-fast, -fahst ]

adjective

1. maintaining color without fading or running:

   colorfast textile.

Other Words From

• color·fastness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of colorfast¹

First recorded in 1925–30; color + fast ¹

Example Sentences

You’ll need an adult’s help to roll over the back with a hot iron, or toss it in the dryer on high heat to make your drawing colorfast.

From Seattle Times

Natural dyes like indigo are not colorfast in exterior house paints, and would have been even lighter in the lye-based washes used in early Charleston.

From Washington Times

As for colored fabrics, some are colorfast to bleach; it depends on what dye was used to color the fabric and how it was applied.

From Washington Post

If they pick Columbus, Ohio, they could turn the state colorfast blue!

From New York Times

High-performance synthetics—softer to the touch, more supple and more colorfast than the polyester of earlier outdoor textiles—let manufacturers offer intricately draped, patterned and textured looks that withstand the vagaries of weather.

From Wall Street Journal