Abstract: A process is disclosed for making a multicolored polyester material dyed with acid dyes for use as the face yarn of carpets, upholstery and apparel fabrics, which comprises treating a polyester material having an affinity for acid dyes with an aqueous solution or a printing paste of (A) a condensation product of (a) formaldehyde and (b) naphthalenesulfonic acid, phenol, sulfonated phenol, diaryl sulfone, urea, melamine, or dicyandiamide; and (B) a reactive or fiber-reactive compound which contains a chromophore, preferably but not necessarily colorless, and has attached to it a reactive group, which reacts readily with a nitrogen atom of the above-mentioned modified polyester material having an affinity for acid dyes, and then exposing same to steam or dry heat at a temperature between 100.degree. C. and 200.degree. C.