Mauveine

Letter from Perkin's son, with a sample of dyed silk

Mauveine was also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve. It was the first synthetic organic chemical dye,[1][2] discovered by accident in 1856.

  1. Hubner K (2006). "History – 150 Years of mauveine". Chemie in unserer Zeit. 40 (4): 274–275. doi:10.1002/ciuz.200690054.
  2. Anthony S. Travis (1990). "Perkin's Mauve: ancestor of the organic chemical industry". Technology and Culture. 31 (1): 51–82. doi:10.2307/3105760. JSTOR 3105760. S2CID 112031120.

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