Stain resistant multicolor textured cut pile carpet

A process of preparing a stain resistant, multicolored, cationic dyeable nylon carpet comprising the successive steps of:

• (a) space dyeing a yarn of cationic-dyeable nylon fibers with an acid dye or a premetalized acid dye at a pH of about 4.0 to 6.5 and fixing the dye to the fibers, the cationic dyeable nylon yarn dyed to intermittently dye the yarn different colors along the length thereof;
• (b) heat setting the space dyed fibers of step (a) by heating them under dry or very low moisture conditions to a temperature of about 160.degree. C. to about 220.degree. C. for a time sufficient to impart dye and stain resistance to the fibers;
• (c) tufting the heat set yarns of step (b) and an undyed cationic dyeable nylon yarn into a carpet;
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• (d) dyeing the carpet prepared in step (c) with an amount of acid dye or premetalized acid dye sufficient to selectively dye only the previously undyed cationic dyeable nylon fibers and not the previously space dyed, heatset cationic dyeable nylon fibers, to produce a multicolored stain resistant carpet.