dyes history

The Sunrise Era of Dyestuffs-(Part-V)! Dyes discovered since 1890-1899.(In chronological order of Dyes discovery).

9 Mar, 25

The dyestuffs discovered between the year 1890-1899 are listed here.

The Sunrise Era of Dyestuffs-(Part-IV)! Dyes discovered since 1880-1885.(In chronological order of Dyes discovery).

4 Mar, 25

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).

3 Mar, 25

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).

2 Mar, 25

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).

1 Mar, 25

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.

Charles Dickens poetic take on Synthetic Dyes!!!

16 Feb, 25

Purple was in such vogue in the 1860s, thanks to

Why the name Aniline?

16 Feb, 25

Aniline was first synthesised in 1826 by Otto Unverdorben by extracting it from natural indigo plant. This was followed up by Carl Julius Fritzsche in 1840, who treated indigo plant with caustic potash and named it "Aniline", after the indigo plant named "Anil".

The five oldest dyes factories of the world that laid the foundation of the modern synthetic dyes industry:

14 Feb, 25

Number 1: 1857 : Perkin and Sons Dye works. Number 2: 1860 : Holliday Dyes and Chemicals Ltd. began the manufacture of dye Magenta. Number 3: 1863 : The Atlas Works, were the pioneers of synthetic dyes of the Magenta family of dyes. Number 4: 1872 : Irvinebank Dyeworks Limited. Number 5: 1876 : The Clayton Aniline Company Ltd.

Viva Magenta! A dye with a history as magnificent as its name!

14 Feb, 25

"Battle of Magenta" that was fought between crown land of the Austrian Empire, and An Italian nationalists in the 1859 near the town of Magenta, during the 2nd Italian War of Independence.