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direct dye

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noun

  1. any of a number of dyes that can be applied without the use of a mordant. They are usually azo dyes applied to cotton or rayon from a liquid bath containing an electrolyte such as sodium sulphate

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These three compounds are basic, and the first of them is no longer used as a direct dye because it is fugitive.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael

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