# ISO 11642:1993 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 11642:1993, item title is Leather — Tests for colour fastness — Colour fastness to water; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 11642:2012; withdrawn / published date is 1993-12-23, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 11642:1993 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Leather — Tests for colour fastness — Colour fastness to water _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 11642:2012 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1993-12-23 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 19571,IS,,ISO 11642:1993,Leather — Tests for colour fastness — Colour fastness to water,Cuir — Essais de solidité des teintures — Solidité des teintures à l'eau,1993-12-23,1,['59.140.30'],IULTCS,9599,,[54446],"['en','fr']",5,"
The principle of the method specified is soaking a leather specimen and also a piece of adjacent fabric, laid against each side to be tested, in demineralized water, leaving the composite specimen under pressure for a specified time in a suitable apparatus, drying the leather specimen and adjacent fabric, and assessing the change in colour of the specimen and the staining of the adjacent fabric with the grey scales. Leathers with a finish may be tested intact or with ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).