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.