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VALUE OF COLOUR The luminosity or lightness or darkness of a colour.
VANE In feathers, the section that consists of a solid, stiff collection of barbs,
VANISHING STRIPES Woven broken-stripe patterns
VARIGATED YARN A multicoloured yarn commonly produced by printing.
VAT DYES These are water-insoluble dyes, usually containing keto groups
VEGETABLE DYE A class of natural dyes
VEGETABLE FIBRES Fibres of vegetable origin.
VEGETABLE SILK A lustrous seed hair
VEILING A large variety of gauze-like materials used for veils,
VEINING A striped gauze effect in a fabric
VELLUM A fine, very transparent cotton fabric
VELOUR FINISH A napped finish applied to woollen fabric
VELOURS Loosely applied to all types of fabric with nap or cut pile on one side
VELVET A warp pile fabric, made with two warps, a ground warp and a pile warp
VELVETEEN weft pile cotton fabric made to resemble velvet.
VENETIAN Highly lustrous twill cloth originally made in Venice from silk.
VENITIAN FINISH Also called Roller finish
VESTING Any fabric used for vests
VICTORIA SILK A petticoat fabric of silk-and-wool which is guaranteed not to rustle.
VICUÑA FINISH A finishing process for worsted fabric
VINAL A manufactured fibre
VINYLAL FIBRE A range of manufactured fibres
VINYON A manufactured fibre
VIRGIN FIBRE The terms 'virgin' or 'new' as descriptive of any fibre
VISCOSE FIBRE One of the earliest types of artificial silk
VISIBLE LIGHT Visible light is only a small section of a much broader band of electromagnetic radiation
VIYELLA Trade name describing an old, established, classic fabric.
VOILE A light, fine sheer fabric originally made from hard (high) twisted combed cotton yarns in plain weave
VOILE YARN A special hard twist yarn used for voile fabrics.
VOILETTE A machine made French lace with powdered dots or fine trailing line designs
VULCANIZED FIBRE A cotton cellulose material, layers of which are bonded by chemical treatment,
 
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