[header] How to wash white clothes [title] Separate white clothes from light-and dark-colored clothes. [step] Whites should always be washed separately from colored clothes to avoid colors transferring to and staining white clothes. [title] Separate whites with colors from all-white whites. 
[step] This helps prevent colors from bleeding onto all-white clothes, despite how small the surface area of color may be. For example, separate a white shirt with bright red stripes from all-white t-shirts.