March 2025 : The Dyes Blog!

Dedicated to the glorious history of colourful world of dyes and dyestuffs!

The Sunrise Era of Dyestuffs-(Part-IV)! Dyes discovered since 1880-1885.(In chronological order of Dyes discovery).
Pioneers of Dyes in 19th Century : Ciba, Geigy, Sandoz in Switzerland. BASF, Heocst, Bayer in Germany!
The Sunrise Era of Dyestuffs-(Part-III)! Dyes discovered since 1880s.(In chronological order of Dyes discovery).
1880s: Germany take the lead as number one in Dyes Discovery! Swiss catching up...
The Sunrise Era of Dyestuffs-(Part-II)! Dyes discovered since 1870s.(In chronological order of Dyes discovery).
1856-1880, new dyes were discovered every month somewhere in Britain, Germany, France. The companies were in race to announce their new discoveries of dyes. In this phase the German manufacturers started catching up with their new discoveries.
The Sunrise Era of Dyestuffs-(Part-I)! Dyes discovered since 1860s.(In chronological order of Dyes discovery).
After Sir William Perkin discovered the 1st Synthetic Dye in the year 1856, led to Domino type discoveries of new dyes one after the another. New dyes were discovered every month somewhere in Britain, Germany, France.