When colour fades from fabric and other printed materials, where does it go?

Question

When colour fades from fabric and other printed materials, where does it go?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

Nowhere, color isn’t a material, it’s just a propriety of how done materials reflect light, if those materials change in some way, be it chemically (like with bleach) or by exposure to ultraviolet light, they reflect light different and the colors fade