Colours made from aniline
10 colours that our sources say are made from aniline.
Pink and magenta
Basic fuchsine
A magenta dye used in biology and textile staining since the 19th centuryPigment
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Arylide yellow
A family of semi-transparent yellow pigments used in art and industryPigment · 🇩🇪 Germany +1
Purple and violet
Pigment violet 23
A synthetic violet pigment from the dioxazine family, used in commercial applicationsPigment
Blue
Brilliant blue FCF
A synthetic blue dye widely used in foods, drinks, and medicinesPigment · 🇺🇸 United States
Orange
Solvent Yellow 14
An orange-red azo dye once used in food, now banned for food and textilesPigment
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Basic fuchsine: LHcheM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pigment violet 23: Smokefoot, Public domain, source
- Brilliant blue FCF: Soldier of Wasteland, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Solvent Yellow 14: Jürgen Martens, Public domain, source