Disperse dye

Disperse Yellow 26

Disperse dyes are the only water insoluble dyes that dye polyester^[1] and acetate fibers. Disperse dye molecules are the smallest dye molecules among all dyes.

A disperse dye molecule is based on an azobenzene (as Disperse Red 1 or Disperse Orange 37)^[2] or anthraquinone^[3] molecule with nitro, amine, hydroxyl, etc. groups attached to it.^[1]

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