In October I was in Portugal, where the water is hard i think and my facecloth (which was origionally beige) started to turn orange, how did this happen?
2007-01-11 05:58:44 · 6 answers · asked by James D 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
it is possible that a metal or something in the water combined with either the dye or the material of the cloth and caused a colour change.
My guess would be a metal complex of the dye in the cloth was formed.
2007-01-11 06:10:02 · answer #1 · answered by mark_gillibrand 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heavy Iron in the water.
2007-01-11 14:02:13 · answer #2 · answered by Diamond in the Rough 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Probably a bad dye lot or cheap face cloths.
2007-01-11 14:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by Kdude 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's rust. if there is iron in the water it's oxidized and that has a pretty orange color
2007-01-11 14:10:58 · answer #4 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
high levels of sodium(salt)....mineral iorn...and cheap dye causes that stuff
2007-01-11 15:38:10 · answer #5 · answered by ▐▀▀▼▀▀▌ ►۩BaM۩ ◄ ▐▄▄▲▄▄▌ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be fungus
2007-01-11 14:06:33 · answer #6 · answered by Rishi O 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋