Method of producing lighter free-standing motifs on a darker ground by printing a previously dyed fabric with a chemical reducing agent which will withstand the action of the reducing agent can be included in the printing paste, and during treatment the dyed colour will be removed from the fabric and replaced by the non-dischargeable colour.

A fabric printing method in which colour destroying or bleaching agents are applied to a previously dyed fabric. The original dye gets removed from the area where the bleaching agent is applied and a white or lighter coloured area remains. Sometimes the discharged area is coloured with a dye that is impervious to the bleaching agent, producing a coloured instead of white area on the originally dyed fabric.