The color is functioning properly. I have thus a white sweater (100% cotton) dyed and nachgefärbt an orange top. The sweater has become dull-orange, but not nearly get as loud as the color on the packaging, the top has exactly the right color (almost neon-orange). Oh, and put on after the first I got the stuff together with other colors washed (which of course you should not do, but I have so far only these two parts in color), now the sweater looks definitely Matt. So who once want a nice orange or already orange or yellow stuff is nachfärbt well served, but who wants to put the things in the long run and find beautiful, should be careful and possible mitwaschen only similar colors also during subsequent washing.