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.
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.