Mixed (cotton and synthetics together)
A programme for a load of cottons and synthetics washed together without sorting, at moderate temperature and spin.
What it is for
A normal weekly load of everyday clothes in several fabrics and colours that are all happy at the same low temperature. Hotpoint’s runs up to 40 °C at 1600 rpm; Beko’s up to 40 °C at 1200 rpm with 3.5 kg.
Makes differ, check your machine’s manual: the same drawing can mean different things on different brands, and only your model’s manual says exactly what a programme does, how hot and how long.
- What it looks like
- The synthetics flask with a T-shirt beside it.
- Names makers use
- Mixed (Hotpoint); Mixed Fabrics (Beko); Mixed and coloured (Hoover)
Where makes differ
Hoover draws “a container and a T-shirt, for mixed and coloured garments”; Hotpoint and Beko print the name. On Samsung machines a T-shirt with a plus is not a programme at all but Add garment.
Often confused with
You can pause the programme, open the door and put in an item you forgot.
Other symbols with the same shapes
Sources
No single published standard defines washing-machine or dryer programme icons, so this meaning is taken from 3 makers’ own guides and manuals, each fetched and read on the date shown:
- Hoover: Hoover UK — What do the symbols on your washing machine actually mean? — “A container and a T-shirt, for mixed and coloured garments.” Checked 2026-09-25.
- Hotpoint: Hotpoint washing machine Quick Guide (GB, PDF) — Mixed: lightly to normally soiled resilient garments in cotton, linen, synthetic fibres and mixed fibres. Table: 40 °C, cold–40 °C, 1600 rpm. Checked 2026-09-25.
- Beko: Beko UK — WI 1382 washing machine user’s manual (PDF) — Mixed Fabrics: wash cottons and synthetics together, no need to sort them. Table: 40 °C, 3.5 kg, 1200 rpm. Checked 2026-09-25.
Written in our own words; quotations are the makers’ wording.