#With Mordant Dyes.# _Violet_.--Mordant the wool with 3 lb. bichromate
of potash and 2 lb. tartar, and dye with 10 lb. Chrome Violet.
_Dark Violet_.--Mordant as in the last recipe. Then dye with 3 lb.
Chrome Bordeaux 6 B double and 2 lb. Brilliant Alizarine blue G.
BROWN SHADES ON WOOL.
Brown is a very important colour, of which there is an infinite
variety of shades and it can be dyed in a great variety of ways and
from a variety of dye-stuffs, as will be seen on looking through the
recipes which follow, although these do not by any means exhaust the
methods by which browns may be dyed on woollen goods, but they may be
taken as representative and will serve to show by what combinations of
dyes various tints of browns may be obtained.
#With Direct Dyes.# _Brown_.--Make the dye-bath with 1 lb. Nyanza
Black B, 2 lb. Congo Brown R, and 20 lb. Glauber's salt, working at
the boil for one hour; then lift, wash and dry.
#With Acid Dyes.# _Yellow Brown_.--Make the dye-bath with 1 lb. Azo
Carmine, 1 lb. Fast Yellow, 1 lb. Indigo Carmine D, 10 lb. Glauber's
salt, and 2 lb. sulphuric acid. A good shade is thus obtained.
_Olive Brown_.--Use 3/4 lb. Azo Acid Violet 4 R, 2 lb. Fast (p. 162)
Yellow, 3 oz. Fast Green bluish, 10 lb. Glauber's salt, and 2 lb.
sulphuric acid, working at the boil for one hour; then lift, wash and
dry.
_Dark Chestnut_.--Dye in a bath containing 6-1/2 oz. Patent Blue V,
3-1/4 oz. Acid Violet V, 1 lb. Azo Yellow, 2 lb. Orange No. 2, 10 lb.
Glauber's salt, and 2 lb. sulphuric acid, working at the boil for one
hour; then lift, wash and dry.
_Mouse_.--Make the dye-bath with 4 oz. Patent Blue V, 1-2/3 oz. Acid
Violet N, 13 oz. Orange G, 10 lb. Glauber's salt, and 2 lb. sulphuric
acid.
_Deep Seal_.--Dye in a bath containing 1 lb. Orange G G, 1/2 lb.
Patent Blue J 3, 1/2 lb. Azo Yellow, 3-1/4 oz. Acid Violet N, 10 lb.
Glauber's salt, and 2 lb. sulphuric acid.
_Deep Brown_.--Make the dye-bath with 1-3/4 lb. Chromotrop 2 R,
1-1/4 lb. Victoria Yellow, 4 lb. Keton Blue G, 2-1/2 oz. Acid Violet
5 B E, 25 lb. Glauber's salt, and 4 lb. sulphuric acid, working at the
boil for one hour.
_Walnut_.--A fine shade can be dyed with 1-3/4 lb. Azo Acid Magenta G,
14-1/2 oz. Patent Blue V, 3/4 lb. Victoria Yellow, 15 lb. Glauber's
salt and 2 lb. sulphuric acid.
_Olive Brown_.--Make a dye-bath with 2 lb. sulphuric acid, 10 lb.
Glauber's salt, 1 lb. Azo Fuchsine G, 1/2 lb. Fast Yellow, and 1/2 lb.
Fast Green extra bluish.
_Dark Olive Brown_.--A very fine shade can be dyed with 1 lb. Fast
Acid Violet 10 B, 1-1/2 lb. Orange 11, 1/2 lb. Fast Green bluish,
7 oz. Fast Yellow, 20 lb. Glauber's salt, and 3 lb. sulphuric acid.
_Walnut_.--Use 1 lb. Cyanole, 1 lb. Orange extra, 1/2 lb. Archil
Substitute N, 10 lb. Glauber's salt and 2 lb. sulphuric acid, working
at the boil for one hour.
_Dark Seal_.--Use 1 lb. Cyanole, 1 lb. Orange extra, 10 lb. Glauber's
salt and 2 lb. sulphuric acid.
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