Direct Red 13 alias direct red sauce, direct wine red, direct purple red, direct purple sauce. The appearance is generally brown powder. Water solubility is good, soluble in water is wine red, soluble in alcohol is magenta. Soluble in cellosolve, It is insoluble in other organic solvents. The dye is blue in concentrated sulfuric acid, and has a purple-red precipitate after dilution; it is brownish yellow in concentrated nitric acid. The aqueous solution is concentrated with hydrochloric acid and has a purple precipitate. Concentrated sodium hydroxide has an orange-brown precipitate. When the copper ion color turns yellow, the color of the iron ion is slightly darker.
Direct bordeaux B GB,Direct jujube red GB,Direct bordeaux B B,Direct bordeaux B
It Mainly used for cotton and glue dyeing and printing, also can be used for silk, polyamide, viscose/polyamide fiber blended fabric dyeing, can also be used for the paper and leather color.
| Dyeing depth % | 2 |
| Insolubles % | 0.15 |
| Light Fastness | 4-5 |
| Washing Fatness | 2 |
| Rubbing fastness(dry) | 4 |
| Rubbing fastness(wet) | 3 |
sun exposure | soaping | flooding | perspiration | rubbing | ironing | acid and alkali resistant | |||||||
standard depth | 1/12 depth | original color change | white fiber stained | original color change | white fiber stained | original color change | white fiber stained | dry | wet | sulfuric | acetate | soda ash | |
— | — | 3~4 | 1~2 | 4 | 3 | 3~4 | 4 | 4 | 2~3 | 4~5 | 2~3 | 1 | 4 |
Direct Red 13 can be decomposed out of benzidine, which is a banned dye. The substitute dye is direct jujube N-GB.
It offers excellent wash and light fastness, ensuring that dyed fabrics retain their bright red hue even after repeated laundering or exposure to sunlight.
Yes, it is resistant to bleeding and migration, making it suitable for fabrics blended with synthetic fibers without color contamination.
Yes, it has good water solubility and compatibility with direct, reactive, and vat dyeing methods, allowing flexible application in textile production.
This dye is widely applied in textile manufacturing, garment production, and decorative fabrics where bright red, durable coloration is required.