the first synthetic dye stuff

Published: 11-08-03

... was discovered/invented by William Henry Perkin of London in 1856. He discovered that aniline could be partly transformed into a crude mixture from which a purple/fuchsia dye stuff could be extracted with the use of alcohol. At the time, all dye stuffs were natural so this was quite a revolution. His discovery coincided with the industrial revolution and the dye stuff eventually became a commercial success.