Question 2: You just bought a new pair of deep blue jeans. You threw them in the wash with some of your other clothing. When the clothes were done, you noticed that one of your white shirts had become dyed slightly blue. Explain why this might have happened based on the science of dyeing you learned about in this lab.

Question

and give a 5 sentence similar to this "The dye might have transferred to the shirt because..."

"When the clothes were washed, the shirt got dyed because..."

"I know this because..."

Answer 1

The dye might have transferred to the shirt because the deep blue jeans were still releasing excess dye during the first wash cycle.
When the clothes were washed, the shirt got dyed because the dye molecules from the jeans were able to penetrate the fibers of the shirt.
I know this because the agitation and water temperature in the washing machine would have facilitated the transfer of dye from the jeans to the shirt.
Additionally, the white shirt likely did not have any barrier (such as a color catcher sheet) to prevent the dye transfer.
Ultimately, the combination of the dye release from the jeans and the close proximity of the shirt in the wash load led to the unintentional dyeing of the white shirt.