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COLOURANTS
BY
B. Venkatesh
Asst. Professor,
Dept. of Textile Technology
VFSTR University
INTRODUCTION
Colouring materials are mainly of three types, viz.
dyes,
pigments and
lakes (ingrain dyes).
A dye has three parts in its structure – chromophore, chromogen and
auxochrome – and is soluble in a specific medium under certain
conditions.
Chromophore is an unsaturated group that absorbs light and
reflects it at specific angle to give the hue,
e.g. azo, keto, nitro, nitroso, thio, ethylene, etc.;
Chromogen retains chromophore and plays a crucial role to
determine the final hue and its affinity for fibre, fastness, stability,
etc.
While auxochrome is a substituted acidic or basic group in dye
structure to intensify depth of shade,
e.g. –OH, –COOH, SO3H, –NH,etc.
Classification
Colouring materials are also classified in several other ways based
on their
source or origin,
chemical structure,
field of application,
ionic nature and
solubility in water, etc.
SOURCE OF ORIGIN
Natural colours
Synthetic colours
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE
Colouring materials are also classified based on their chemical
structure.
e.g., azo, nitro, nitroso, stilbene, di- and tri-phenylmethane,
xanthene, acridine, quinoline, methane, thiazole, azine, oxazine,
thiazine, anthraquinone, indigoid and phthalocyanine, etc
FIELD OF APPLICATION
IONIC NATURE
Dyes can also be classified according to electrical charge that
exists in its ionized coloured part before or during dyeing.
Based on this, direct, acid, reactive, sulphur, metal-complex,
vat and soluble vat dyes are anionic;
Basic dye is cationic
Disperse dye is non-ionic in nature
SOLUBILITY IN WATER
Water is the universal medium of dyeing.
It is cheaper, non toxic, easily available and can be recovered and
reused.
That is why solubility of dye in water is an important factor in dyeing.
 Direct, reactive, solubilised vat and acid dyes are water-soluble
dyes.
 Vat and sulphur dyes are water insoluble but can be taken into
solution by reduction and solubilisation.
Basic dye is soluble in acidic warm bath
while other dyes are insoluble in water under normal conditions.
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Classification of colorants

  • 1. COLOURANTS BY B. Venkatesh Asst. Professor, Dept. of Textile Technology VFSTR University
  • 2. INTRODUCTION Colouring materials are mainly of three types, viz. dyes, pigments and lakes (ingrain dyes). A dye has three parts in its structure – chromophore, chromogen and auxochrome – and is soluble in a specific medium under certain conditions. Chromophore is an unsaturated group that absorbs light and reflects it at specific angle to give the hue, e.g. azo, keto, nitro, nitroso, thio, ethylene, etc.;
  • 3. Chromogen retains chromophore and plays a crucial role to determine the final hue and its affinity for fibre, fastness, stability, etc. While auxochrome is a substituted acidic or basic group in dye structure to intensify depth of shade, e.g. –OH, –COOH, SO3H, –NH,etc.
  • 4. Classification Colouring materials are also classified in several other ways based on their source or origin, chemical structure, field of application, ionic nature and solubility in water, etc.
  • 5. SOURCE OF ORIGIN Natural colours Synthetic colours
  • 6. CHEMICAL STRUCTURE Colouring materials are also classified based on their chemical structure. e.g., azo, nitro, nitroso, stilbene, di- and tri-phenylmethane, xanthene, acridine, quinoline, methane, thiazole, azine, oxazine, thiazine, anthraquinone, indigoid and phthalocyanine, etc
  • 8. IONIC NATURE Dyes can also be classified according to electrical charge that exists in its ionized coloured part before or during dyeing. Based on this, direct, acid, reactive, sulphur, metal-complex, vat and soluble vat dyes are anionic; Basic dye is cationic Disperse dye is non-ionic in nature
  • 9. SOLUBILITY IN WATER Water is the universal medium of dyeing. It is cheaper, non toxic, easily available and can be recovered and reused. That is why solubility of dye in water is an important factor in dyeing.  Direct, reactive, solubilised vat and acid dyes are water-soluble dyes.  Vat and sulphur dyes are water insoluble but can be taken into solution by reduction and solubilisation. Basic dye is soluble in acidic warm bath while other dyes are insoluble in water under normal conditions.