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- The color spectrum of residue dirt
- Frayed after washing. They actually count how many fibers are in each circle post-wash to determine how frayed something is.
- These days, people think they need colored washing machines
- Washing machines in the machine testing room
- Cold/Hot
- Testers soak fabrics in things like blood and sebum (ewwwww) and then compare the post-wash results.
- Lots of laundry
- Data, farmed.
- Where they test washing machines