Chintz vs. Calico — What's the Difference?

Chintz () is a woodblock printed, painted, stained or glazed calico textile that originated in Golconda (present day Hyderabad, India) in the 16th century. The cloth is printed with designs featuring flowers and other patterns in different colours, typically on a light, plain background.

Calico (; in British usage since 1505) is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts.

A printed and glazed cotton fabric, usually of bright colors.

A tightly woven cotton cloth having a repeating, often floral design.

A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.

Chiefly British A plain white cotton cloth, heavier than muslin.

Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed.

An animal, such as a cat, having a coat of white fur with distinct patches of different colors, usually reddish-orange and black.

A brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric

(textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.

Ellipsis of calico cat

(uncountable) The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.

Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.

Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.

Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.

Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; - often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.

Coarse cloth with a bright print

Made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned;

Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;