S. No

Dye

Types

Dyed fiber

References

1

Acid Dye (anionic)

1) Azo

2) Anthraquinone, and

3) Triarylmethane.

wool, nylon, nylon/cotton blends, acrylics, and silk

(Suresh, 2014)

2

Basic dye (cationic)

1) Crystal violet,

2) Safranin,

3) Basic fuchsin

4) methylene blue.

wool, silk, cotton, and modified acrylic fibers

(Suresh, 2014)

3

Direct dyes

1) Phthalocyanine,

2) Stilbene or

3) Oxazine

cotton, other cellulosic fibers, paper, leather, wool, silk and nylon.

(Suresh, 2014)

4

Reactive dye

1) Vinyl sulphone (e.g., c.i. reactive black 5)

2) Chloro/fluoro triazine (c.i. reactive red 3)

3) Chloro/fluoro pyrimidine

Cellulosics, silk, nylon and wool.

(Suresh, 2014)

5

Disperse dye

cellulose acetate, polyester, nylon, triacetate, and acrylics

(Burkinshaw, 1995)

6

Mordant dye

1) Hematein (natural black 1)

2) Eriochrome cyanine r (mordant blue 3)

3) And celestine blue b (mordant blue 14).

(Suresh, 2014)

7

Vat dye

1) Quinonic,

2) Anthraquinones

3) And indigoid dyes.

Cotton, wool and other fibers.

(Sala & Gutiérrez- Bouzán, 2012)