title: Quirks of dye nomenclature. 4. Fuchsine: four shades of magenta.
abstract: Fuchsine, also called magenta, was the second coal tar dye to be produced after mauveine. Fuchsine is composed of a mixture of up to four triphenylmethane dyes that differ only in the number of substituent methyl groups. Unlike mauveine, fuchsine still is widely used today as a biological stain. We describe the progress of fuchsine from its birth as the second coal tar dye, through a variety of modes of manufacture and industrial application, to its current use. We discuss complexities of nomenclature and identification, and the hazards and risks of its various applications.
authors.affiliation: 59 Swiss Avenue, Watford WD18 7LL.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Cooksey
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Dronsfield
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes
keywords: aniline; aniline red; aniline-crimson; coal tar; fuchsine; history; magenta; pararosaniline; rosaniline