Bleach symbols

This glyph family identifies whether bleach may be used, whether only non-chlorine bleach may be used, or whether no bleach may be used.

	Any commercially available bleach product may be used in the laundering process. An empty triangle outline
	Only a non-chlorine, color-safe bleach may be used in the laundering process. Chlorine bleach may not be used. An empty triangle outline with two diagonal lines inside it
	No bleach product may be used. The garment is not colorfast or structurally able to withstand any bleach. An empty triangle outline crossed by an X
	No verified meaning is established for this glyph in the supplied standard evidence. An empty triangle outline with one diagonal line inside it

For this family, the plain triangle permits bleach, two diagonal bars restrict the meaning to non-chlorine bleach, and an X means no bleach. Dots do not modify these bleach symbols.

Easy to mix up

Confusing the two diagonal bars for an X and reading the symbol as do not bleach.
Treating non-chlorine bleach as equivalent to chlorine bleach.
Assuming a single diagonal bar inside the triangle has the same meaning as the two-bar symbol.

Not in the standard: A triangle with one diagonal bar is not assigned a meaning in the supplied standard evidence.

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Grounded in: blogs.ifas.ufl.edu. Meanings follow sentences verified verbatim on those pages.

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