synthetic dye
Lab-created pigment
A synthetic dye is a coloring agent produced through chemical processes rather than extracted from plants, insects, or minerals.
Synthetic dyes dominate modern textile, food, and industrial coloring because they're cheaper, more consistent, and often more colorfast than natural alternatives: The vibrant purple comes from a synthetic dye, not the traditional murex snail.
- anilineAmino-benzene compound
- colorantSubstance that imparts hue
- textile industrySector producing cloth goods
- dyePigment for changing hues
- lightfastnessResistance to fading
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- dyeingdye, dyes, dyeing, dye bath, hand dyeing
- dyesdye, madder, woad, natural dyes, indigo
- Food Colorantscarmine, annatto, beet red, natural color, artificial colors
- Food coloringsfood coloring, red dye, blue dye, yellow dye, green dye
- adulterantsmelamine, borax, chalk, sawdust, filler
- chemicalschemicals, compounds, acids, reagents, solutions