Lab Dips, Strike-Offs and Colour Approvals

Give colour as a Pantone TCX (textile) reference or a physical swatch. Screen colours are not reliable references because every screen shows colour differently.

For solid colours, the dye house dyes small fabric samples to your reference, usually in a few options. You approve one, and bulk is dyed to it. Approve under the same light (daylight D65 is common) each time.

For prints and embroidery, a strike-off is a test of the artwork on the real fabric. It confirms colours, scale and quality before the garment is sampled.

Bulk fabric can vary slightly between dye lots. Agree a tolerance and ask that each garment is cut from a single lot so pieces within a style match.