nigrosine

Also ni·gro·sin

[nahy-gruh-seen, -sin]

noun

Chemistry.

1. any of the class of deep blue or black dyes obtained by the oxidation of aniline, used as coloring agents in inks and shoe polishes and for dyeing leather, wood, textiles, and furs.

nigrosine

/ ˈnɪɡrəsɪn, -sɪn, ˈnɪɡrəˌsiːn /

noun

1. any of a class of black pigments and dyes obtained from aniline: used in inks and shoe polishes and for dyeing textiles

Word History and Origins

Origin of nigrosine¹

1890–95; < Latin nigr- (stem of niger ) black, dark + -ose ¹ + -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of nigrosine¹

C19: from Latin niger black + _-ose ¹ + _-ine ¹

Example Sentences

Nigrosine, nig′rō-sin, n. a coal-tar colour prepared from the hydrochloride of violaniline.

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Shaw's—Borax, 3 ozs.; orange shellac, 5 ozs.; water, q. s.; boil and add soluble aniline black or nigrosine, q. s.

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Black: Nigrosine black, four ounces, dissolved in one gallon of boiling water.

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Closely related thereto is a bluish-grey called “nigrosine,” obtained by heating nitrobenzene with aniline, as well as a certain bluish by-product obtained during the formation of magenta, and known as “violaniline.”

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By the chloring of the wool the intensity of the shade dyed is increased to such a degree that when dyeing with Acid black, Naphthol black, Naphthol green, Nigrosine, Fast blue, Water blue, and some others dyed in an acid bath, but little more than half the dye used on unchlored wool is required, while with Induline, more even and intense shades are obtained than is otherwise possible.

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