A suture comprising a woven braid of fibers comprising at least one firstfiber； at leastone second fiber comprising a colorable material wherein the at least onesecondfiber has been colored a single color along an entire length of the at leastone secondfiber； and at least one third fiber comprising a colorable material whereinonly aportion of the at least one third fiber is colored a continuous color. Also, amethod ofmanufacturing a suture. Also, a suture comprising a woven braid of fibershaving: afirst material component； a second material component wherein the secondmaterialcomponent is a colorable material colored a single color along an entirelength of thesecond material component； and a third material component wherein the thirdmaterial component is colored a continuous color only along a portion of anentirelength of the third material component. This invention provides surgeons withimprovedrecognition of suture ends in surgery.
