The only problem is that one mound is made up of white clothing, and the other is colors.

Can you wash whites with colors?

So if your colored linens can’t take the heat, leave them out of the load.

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“There’s just too much dye transfer potential for this to be worth it.”

You might not know that there are outliers in these basic groupings.

Can You Wash Whites with Colors?

Now, the reason we’re all herewhen can you wash whites with colors?

If all this has your mind in knots, you aren’t alone.

Gagliardi says you might be better off just sticking to like colors regardless.