Further infromation taken directly from Burkinshaw’s publication Physico-Chemical Aspects of Textile Coloration relating to direct dyes is in the link.
This is very theoretical – the following publication’s sxections on direct dyes provide more detail and cover similar topics but address them in a slightly different way and I believe are a little more appraochable.
Broadbent – Dyeing Cellulosics with Direct Dyes
John Shore Cellulosic Dyeing – Direct Dyes
The next publication covers auxiliaries used in the dyeing of direct dyes. Direct dye systems are inherently simple but this provides some background and practical advice on these systems.
John Shore – Auxiliaries associated with Direct Dyes
The following 2 documents are provided for information only and may form part of your wider reading around the subject.
- The first is a review of the development of direct dyes produced in 1991 and published in the SDC’s peer reviewed journal.
- The second is very much historical – the original paper that led to the formation of 3 classes of direct dyes from 1946. Classification of direct dyes.