Color

Name: Unifi, Inc,
Price range: $

From one of the largest package dyehouses in the USA to an expansive suite of color technologies and sustainable dyeing innovations, UNIFI^® knows color.

Specialty color tech

Our color technologies include energy-efficient and water-saving innovations that don't compromise on vibrancy.

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FlexxDye
SmartDye^®
TruEffects
Waterwise™

FlexxDye

A way to dye limitless, vibrant colored yarn with stretch.

Enhanced color-matching capabilities
Inherent stretch
Made-to-order for lower volumes

FlexxDye offers a sustainable dyeing solution with inherent stretch, without compromising on quality. Locked-in custom color shades for lower volume yarn needs.

Produced Globally

Technology is inherent to the yarn

Works with Filament polyester / nylon

Suggested Industries

Apparel

Footwear

Furnishings

Industrial

Medical

Military

Mobility

Variations available in:

REPREVE^® (Recycled)
STANDARD (Virgin)

SmartDye^®

Save energy and cycle time by using SmartDye^® to dye your fiber and yarn.

Conserves energy and reduces resultant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions*
Vibrant colors
Comparable colorfastness

A proprietary technology, SmartDye, reduces the temperature and cycle time required to dye polyester yarn. This improves not only efficiency but energy usage by up to 30%.

Produced Globally

Technology is inherent to the yarn

Works with Filament and Staple polyester

Suggested Industries

Apparel

Variations available in:

REPREVE^® (Recycled)
STANDARD (Virgin)

*Up to 30% reduction of energy consumption during dyeing cycle (based on UNIFI^® package dyeing equipment). Determination of Wet & Dry Crock: AATCC 8. Determination of Wash Fastness: AATCC 61 - 2A. Determination of Fastness to Sublimation: AATCC 117. Determination of Light Fastness: AATCC 16 40 Hr Fade

TruEffects

Exciting visual effects built into the fibers, for style that won’t wear off or wash out.

Dimensional effects through special yarn combinations
Multiple options for intimate and striated appearance
Create colorways through different dyeing techniques

TruEffects offers fiber solutions to give your fabric the aesthetic of a heather, slub or other patterns. By dyeing the yarn or fabric with cationic, disperse, and solution dyed effects, you get the dimensional look with a sustainable solution.

Produced Globally

Technology is inherent to the yarn

Works with Filament and Staple polyester / nylon

Suggested Industries

Apparel

Footwear

Furnishings

Mobility

Medical

Variations available in:

REPREVE^® (Recycled)
STANDARD (Virgin)

*Performance benefits and claims are based on fabric construction.

Waterwise™

Protects water resources while locking vibrant color into yarns.

Conserves water and energy*
Superior color uniformity across batches
Custom colors available

The greener way to dye yarn by protecting water resources and lock-in solution dyed color. Waterwise reduces water and energy associated with conventional dyeing processes. By adding colorants to the polymer, colorfastness, stretch, bleach-resistance and UV-stability can be designed into the yarn.

Produced Globally

Technology is inherent to the yarn

Works with Filament and Staple polyester / nylon

Suggested Industries

Apparel

Footwear

Furnishings

Industrial

Medical

Military

Mobility

Variations available in:

REPREVE^® (Recycled)

Offered As:

UV Lightfast
Bleach-Resistant

*Solution dyed yarn vs package dyed yarn: UNIFI Life Cycle Assessment completed and peer reviewed in 2019, according to ISO 14040 and ISO 14044. Solution dyed yarn vs piece dyed: Data prepared by UNIFI and a piece dyeing partner. Data not prepared to ISO standards nor peer reviewed.