Just washed a red shirt with white clothes and they turned pink? We understand. The right bleach and water solution will fix color runs and get the pink out.
It’s always amazing how one small piece of red clothing can bleed enough dye in one wash cycle to ruin the rest of the load. Except it doesn’t have to be ruined. As long as any items that picked up the color are made of bleach-safe fabrics and colorfast to bleach, you can use a bleach and water solution to restore them.
Begin by checking care labels to make sure an item is made of fibers that can be safely bleached. Fabrics made of cotton, linen, polyester, rayon, nylon and acrylic are all bleach-safe.
Confirm colorfastness if item had color
Next, if any items that picked up the pink color were another color to begin with (this doesn’t just happen to white items), confirm those items are colorfast to bleach with the bleachability test.
- Add 2 teaspoons of Clorox® Bleach to ¼ cup water.
- Apply a drop to a hidden part of the item, like the inside hem or cuff.
- Wait one minute, then rinse and blot dry.
- If you see the original color where you applied the test drop, the item can be safely treated with bleach.
If the bleach and water solution leaves the pink dye that transferred unchanged, then you can try a reducing bleach instead. These are sold as “color remover” products and are usually available at hardware, fabric and craft stores.
Once you’ve identified which garments you can safely treat, you’re ready to start.
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Clorox® Disinfecting Bleach -
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Large white towel
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FAQ
Can I bleach over pink?
Will bleach remove pink?
What color does pink turn when bleached?
What color cancels out pink?
Is pink a good color to bleach?
Pink – Pink isn’t one of the best colors to bleach if you hope to develop new colors. You will almost always end up with white because it is not a deep color and its gradation is very limited. Unless you start with hot pink, then you can stop at a lighter pink or pastel pink.
Is pink a white color if bleached?
It will only give you white or yellowish off-white depending on the exact dye. Yellow turns to white or off-white when bleached. Pink is a lighter version of red. While red is hard to discharge, pink is light enough that it can give you a reddish near-white color. Pink most often changes to white or reddish off-white when bleached.
Which color turns red & pink when bleached?
Purple turns to red or pink when bleached. Darker shades of purple will result in red, while lighter shades will give you pink. Brown is made up of the three primary colors: red, blue, and yellow. Since blue and yellow discharge well, you can expect more red to be left over when discharging. Brown turns to pink when bleached.
What color is red after bleaching?
Red – With red, the color spectrum after bleaching is quite narrow too. You are likely to end up with pink, yellow, or white. Red will turn white if the bleach is highly concentrated or left for long, and yellow if the bleach is weaker or left for a short time. It could also turn pink depending on the pigments used.