Heather (fabric)
Fabric made of interwoven yarns of mixed colors / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In clothing, heather refers to a color effect created by mixing two or more different colored fibers or yarns.[1][2] It is interwoven yarns of mixed colors, and possibly the type of fiber, producing another color.[3] It is typically used to mix multiple shades of grey or grey with another color to produce a muted shade (e.g., heather green), but any two colors can be mixed, including bright colors. A mixed fabric color is achieved by using different colors of fiber and mixing them together (a good example is a grey heather t-shirt). Black and white fiber mixed will combine to give grey heather fiber. Heather is blended fibers combined to create a multicolored effect. Heather effect is also known as melange effect.[2]