2007-02-17 08:03:28 · 8 answers · asked by suze 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Is there anything black in there?
Black dyes aren't that. If you wish to test it, get a black pen and draw a thick line on a piece f paper and stick it in the water so that the water reaches just below the line. As it absorbs, the black ink will break down.
It's actually a mixture of other colours like blue, red and yellow. The colours of the lint are most likely parts of any dyes that have faded after beig in the wash.
2007-02-17 08:12:41 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Maul 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How funny, I'd never thought about it, but you're right. A sort of purply-grey colour. I've just today cleaned my filter and I chucked all the fluff onto the garden - some of it has already been taken by birds to line their nests. It'll be nice and cosy!
2007-02-17 16:12:42 · answer #2 · answered by chip2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not ALWAYS purple. When i do an all pink/red load it comes out pink.
Anyway the rule of color is that all colors mixed together equal black. So purple is dark and pretty close to black. You know when you have an old black marker and it starts to look blueish/ purpleish. Think of lint that way. All the colors are mixing together are making black or a close relative to black purple/blue.
2007-02-18 01:10:35 · answer #3 · answered by Educated 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of my fluff is blue,I will swap you some of my blue fluff for some of your purple fluff.
2007-02-17 16:16:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well that is really strange. You must have a purple sock monster lurking in there.lol
2007-02-17 16:12:24 · answer #5 · answered by CHAEI 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the purple fluff fairies put it there
2007-02-17 16:19:49 · answer #6 · answered by mz2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a combination of all the colours that you DO dry.
2007-02-17 16:29:24 · answer #7 · answered by sarahbean 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is lint probably from drying blue jeans.......
2007-02-17 22:32:43 · answer #8 · answered by deb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋