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The 18 pages that link to Mordant, each with the reason it gives.

• DyeRelated: Mordants anchor some dyes to fibers that would otherwise retain little color.

• DyeingRelated: Mordants can improve dye fixation and alter the resulting shade.

• Natural dyeRelated: Mordants let many natural dyes attach more durably to textile fibers.

• William Henry PerkinRelated: Mauveine could color silk directly, unlike many earlier dyes that required mordants.

• CochinealRelated: Mordants help cochineal color textiles and can alter the resulting shade.

• AlizarinRelated: Mordants determine how alizarin adheres to fibers and which shade it produces.

• Textile printingRelated: Mordants can improve color attachment and alter the shades produced by some dyes.

• Aluminium sulfateBroader topic: Aluminium salts, including aluminium sulfate, serve as mordants in some dyeing processes.

• Crystal violetRelated: Gram-stain iodine acts as a mordant by forming a complex with crystal violet inside bacterial cells.

• Gallic acidRelated: Gallic acid-rich tannins bind metal ions that can link dyes to fibers.

• Iron(III) sulfateRelated: Iron salts can alter dye attachment and color in textile processes.

• Tannic acidRelated: Tannic acid improves the uptake of some dyes on textiles.

• Potassium alumNarrower topic: Aluminum ions from alum can help form dye–fiber complexes.

• Aluminium triacetateRelated: Aluminium salts can serve as mordants by linking dyes with textile fibers.

• Calcium acetateRelated: Calcium acetate has been used as a mordant in textile dyeing.

• Chromium(III) chlorideRelated: Chromium(III) chloride can provide metal ions for mordanting processes.

• FuchsineRelated: Mordants can alter how fuchsine attaches to fibers and how its color appears.

• Rubia tinctorumRelated: Metal mordants help madder colorants attach to fibers and influence the resulting shade.