How do non-chlorine “fabric brighteners” make clothes brighter?

A common ingredient in many laundry detergents, optical bleaches (“fabric brighteners”) act by reflecting blue light.

The blue light combines with the yellow discoloration in a fabric to produce white light that makes the fabric seem brighter.

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