A yarn made from fibres of two or more colours blended together.(sub category of worsted yarns, colour terms)
Descriptive of a yarn composed of filaments of different colours, the ingrain effect being produced by the random exposure of the differently coloured filaments at the yarn surface.
Yarn spun from a mixture of fibres of different colours, where the mixing of coloured fibres is carried out at an early stage. (See also worsted yarns, colour terms.)