Principles and Practice of Fur Dressing and Fur Dyeing

by William E. Austin

• Magenta
• New Magenta
• Russian Red
• Cerise

For violet

• Methyl Violet 6B–4R
• Crystal Violet 5B

For blue

• Victoria Blue B
• Methylene Blue BB
• New Methylene Blue N

For green

• Malachite Green Crystals
• Brilliant Green Crystals, or combinations of
• Thioflavine
• Diamond Phosphine
• Victoria Blue B

For brown

• Chrysoidines
• Bismarck Browns

In dyeing skins with harder hair than that of sheep or goat, mere killing is insufficient to render the hair capable of taking up the dye. The skins are therefore immersed before dyeing, in a cold, weak solution of chloride of lime, the affinity of the hair for the dye being thereby greatly increased.