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acid dye
noun
- any of a class of dyes containing one or more acidic groups, as the sulfo group: used in acid solution chiefly for dyeing wool and silk.
acid dye
noun
- a dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion usually applied from an acidic solution
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Word History and Origins
Origin of acid dye1
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Example Sentences
This is effected by the judicious addition of a suitable acid dye to the pulp already coloured with the basic dye.
The goods may advantageously be bottomed with an acid dye or a dye-wood extract, and then finished with basic dyes.
The use of acid dye-stuffs is restricted to cases where the silk alone is to be shaded.
For shading the silk all acid dye-stuffs can be used which have been mentioned in the foregoing tables.
If there is a precipitate there is a basic dye, if not, an acid dye.
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