Keep Your Colored Clothing Bright with a Dash of Pepper

If you're finding that your clothes fade easily when washed, Reader's Digest suggests throwing a little pepper into your load of laundry:

That new cherry-red shirt you just purchased is fantastic, but just think how faded the color will look after the shirt has been washed a few times. Add a teaspoon of pepper to the wash load. Pepper keeps bright colors bright and prevents them from running too.

Not a bad deal, and certainly a good form of insurance if you tend to forget to set your washer to cold (like me).

5 Peculiar Uses for Pepper | Reader's Digest
