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  2. Dye - Wikipedia

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    Dye. Drying colored cloth. Chemical structure of indigo dye, the blue coloration of blue jeans. Although once extracted from plants, indigo dye is now almost exclusively synthesized industrially. [1] A dye is a colored substance that chemically bonds to the substrate to which it is being applied. This distinguishes dyes from pigments which do ...

  3. Cochineal - Wikipedia

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    Cochineal dye was extensively used in the Pre-Columbian era, often for ceremonial textiles and those worn by rulers.: 12–25 The dye bonds best with animal fibers rather than plant fibers and was most effective for dying wool from alpacas and other Camelidae, rabbit fur, and feathers. It was also used on cottons and plant-based fabrics, to ...

  4. Coprinopsis atramentaria - Wikipedia

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    Coprinopsis atramentaria, commonly known as the common ink cap, tippler's bane, or inky cap, is an edible (although poisonous when combined with alcohol) mushroom found in Europe and North America. Previously known as Coprinus atramentarius , it is the second best known ink cap and previous member of the genus Coprinus after C. comatus .

  5. Iron gall ink - Wikipedia

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    Iron gall ink. Iron gall ink (also known as common ink, standard ink, oak gall ink or iron gall nut ink) is a purple-black or brown-black ink made from iron salts and tannic acids from vegetable sources. It was the standard ink formulation used in Europe for the 1400-year period between the 5th and 19th centuries, remained in widespread use ...

  6. Dye-sensitized solar cell - Wikipedia

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    A selection of dye-sensitized solar cells. A dye-sensitized solar cell ( DSSC, DSC, DYSC [1] or Grätzel cell) is a low-cost solar cell belonging to the group of thin film solar cells. [2] It is based on a semiconductor formed between a photo-sensitized anode and an electrolyte, a photoelectrochemical system.

  7. Scleral tattooing - Wikipedia

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    Scleral tattooing is the practice of tattooing the sclera, or white part, of the human eye. Rather than being injected into the tissue, the dye is injected between two layers of the eye, then gradually spreads. The process remains uncommon due to professionals' discomfort performing the procedure [1] and is illegal in the American states ...

  8. List of dyes - Wikipedia

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    Amido black 10B: Amidoschwarz Naphthol blue black Acid black 1 20470 diazo 1064-48-8: Aniline black: Pigment black 1 Oxidation base 1 50440 azine 13007-86-8: Aniline Yellow: Sudan yellow R Induline R Solvent yellow 1 11000 azo 60-09-3: Anthracene blue SWR Alizarin blue 2RC Mordant blue 32 58605 anthraquinone 6372-24-6: Anthrapurpurin

  9. Carbon black - Wikipedia

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    Carbon black ( Color Index International, PBK-7) is the name of a common black pigment, traditionally produced from charring organic materials such as wood or bone. It appears black because it reflects very little light in the visible part of the spectrum, with an albedo near zero.

  10. Ink - Wikipedia

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    Ink. Ink is a gel, sol, or solution that contains at least one colorant, such as a dye or pigment, and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen, or quill.

  11. Nigrosin - Wikipedia

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    Contents. hide. (Top) Uses. References. Nigrosin. Structure of a major component of the dye nigrosin. In staining dyes, nigrosin (CI 50415, Solvent black 5) is a mixture of black synthetic dyes made by heating a mixture of nitrobenzene, aniline, and hydrochloric acid in the presence of copper or iron. [1] Related to induline, it is a mixture of ...