Dyes at Chemical Glossary

What is it? Dyes are chemical compounds that can attach themselves to fabrics or surfaces to give them colour. Most dyes are complex organic molecules and need to be resistant to many things such as the weather and the action of detergents. Indigo, otained from plant

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