synthetic dyes
Manufactured coloring agents
Synthetic dyes are colorants manufactured through chemical processes rather than extracted from plants, insects, or minerals.
Developed in the mid-nineteenth century, they revolutionized textile production by offering brighter, more consistent, and more durable colors than natural dyes: The synthetic dyes used in fast fashion often wash out into waterways.
Most modern fabrics are colored with synthetic dyes.
- dyePigment for changing hues
- fabric dyeSubstance coloring cloth
- colorantSubstance that imparts hue
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- coal tarCarbonized fuel residue
reactive · toxicity · aniline · alizarin · biodegradability · vat · disperse · food coloring · sulfur · chromophore · mordant · pigment · industrial waste · colorfast · fast fashion · vivid · bright colors · staining
- Chemical Industrychemical engineering, chemical manufacturing, chemical plants, industrial chemistry, petrochemicals
- color historynatural dyes, ochre, indigo, madder, cochineal
- dyeingdye, dyes, dye bath, natural dyes, fabric dye
- dyesdye, madder, woad, natural dyes, indigo
- food adulterationdilution, watering down, cutting, tampering, doctoring
- Food Colorantscarmine, annatto, beet red, natural color, artificial colors
synthetic dyesnatural dyes
Pigments derived from plants, insects, minerals
plant pigments · cochineal · indigo · madder · woad