Use a detergent designed to preserve colors like Woolite Darks Liquid Laundry Detergent or Tide Studio Darks and Colors. They contain ingredients to help fabrics hold onto dyes and to deactivate the chlorine in the water that can fade colors. Finally, it's best to wash jeans in cold water on a short, delicate cycle.

WOOLITE® Darks Laundry Detergent (EverCare) (Discontinued Jun-1-2021)

Woolite® Darks Defense formula contains an active ingredient that acts as a dye magnet that collects loose dye particles during the wash cycle-preventing color transfer and fading so dark colors stay dark for longer!

They will be fine. The detergent is more for not washing out or dulling the dark colors.

Pros. Think Woolite is just for your delicates? Think again - the brand's Complete detergent is a dependable grime-buster that removed many common stains in GHRI tests. It was one of the few detergents that was able to lift coffee and tea stains in both hot and cold water.

A detergent like Studio by Tide Darks & Colors helps improve the quality of your jeans by trimming down stray fibers, and protects them from discoloration, pilling, and fading. Make sure to only wash your jeans with other deep-colored clothing.

Woolite's Dedication to delivering a quality product and keeping the love for your clothes is the reason why Woolite has been around for over 65 years and counting!

Woolite® Delicates is a unique formula that won't cause shape loss or fiber damage to keep the clothes you love looking like new, for longer! Woolite® Delicates is a hypoallergenic product that does not contain harsh ingredients like bleach, phosphates or enzymes and is therefore gentle on hands, skin and clothes.

Use Woolite Darks to help protect all your dark clothes from fading for over 30 washes! You can also use Woolite Everyday to help protect for all the clothes you care about from shrinking, stretching, and fading!

Think Woolite is just for your delicates? Think again - the brand's Complete detergent is a dependable grime-buster that removed many common stains in GHRI tests. It was one of the few detergents that was able to lift coffee and tea stains in both hot and cold water.

Woolite Delicates Hypoallergenic Liquid Laundry Detergent In addition to a formula that promises to be easy on wool, silk, lace, and other fragile fabrics, it's also hypoallergenic. If you or someone in your household has sensitive skin, this detergent can be a great choice.

Semi-Extremist recipe

1. Soak your jeans for about an hour in water with Woolite black added, don't scrub.
2. Rinse, wring and hang up to let the water drain.