of the non water soluble pigment means which forms the colors of the printed pattern faded clothing is the result of wash down preferably the dye means is a water soluble dye such as direct blue rl this direct dye is added to a mixture of the pigment means and the binder means the required amount of a viscosity agent such as water clear is then added to the print paste mixture to obtain the proper viscosity for printing the color of the print paste is determined by the color of the pigment means therein the dye means however produces the bleeding effect and can be of the same color or a different color than the pigment means for example a red dye means could be included in a print paste which has a pigment means which colors the fabric blue when printed although this results in a blue stripe on the fabric the stripe bleeds red because of the red dye means when a fabric printed with the print paste described above is subjected to a mist spray or a dip in an aqueous or solvent solution wicking or flushing occurs and the fabric is said to bleed a catalyst or other agent such as salt can be added to the aqueous solution to accelerate or assist in the bleeding.