Acid dye
any of a class of dyes containing one or more acidic groups, as the sulfo group: used in acid solution chiefly for dyeing wool and silk.
Historical Examples
If there is a precipitate there is a basic dye, if not, an acid dye.
The Manufacture of Paper Robert Walter Sindall
The goods may advantageously be bottomed with an acid dye or a dye-wood extract, and then finished with basic dyes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3 Various
noun
a dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion usually applied from an acidic solution
acid dye n.
Any of a class of dyes that contain acidic groups, usually in the form of sodium or potassium salts, and are used in staining cytoplasm and various acidophilic structures of cells or tissues. Also called acid stain.
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