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Definition of Saffranine
1. Noun. Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes.
Generic synonyms: Dye, Dyestuff
Specialized synonyms: Pheno-safranine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saffranine
Literary usage of Saffranine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dyeing of Paper Pulp by Julius Erfurt (1901)
"Ex- jith clear backwater, may : combination with orange fir saffranine T extra
is with ... saffranine ..."
2. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"... and saffranine Classes of Colouring Matters, and their Connection with other
Groups of Organic Compounds. By Dr. 0. N. WITT. 4. ..."
3. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon, Robert Haldane, Charles George Warnford Lock (1883)
"(14) saffranine Rose, 11 Ib.—Mordant with a decoction of 2 Ib. 3 oz. sumach, or
a corresponding smaller quantity of pure tannin, which is preferable. ..."
4. American Druggist (1885)
"We may add that saffranine is a monad base forming crystallizable salts ...
saffranine has a greater resistance towards reagents than true anilin colors. ..."
5. American Library Edition of Workshop Receipts: Being a Complete Technical by Ernest Spon (1903)
"(9) saffranine Scarlet, 60 Ib. yarn.— Boil 10 Ib. sumach ; enter yarns ; give 6
turns ; let soak for 1 hour, and wring, enter into a fresh cold beck of ..."
6. Dyeing and Tissue-printing by William Crookes (1882)
"saffranine Scarlet (60 Us.). Bleach ; boil 2 Ibs. annatto with 1 Ib. soap and 1 Ib.
soda until well dissolved, and add to a boiling water. ..."
7. Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica (ninth Edition): A Dictionary of Arts (1889)
"Besides these we have erythrosin, a shade approaching eosine, and phloxine.
a shade approaching to saffranine, and Ben- galic pink, a shade bluer than ..."
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