Perkin was not just a chemist, but also an entrepreneur, and he realised the potential of this compound as a dye. He named the purple product mauveine, and set up a factory to produce large quantities ...

Distinguished guests from all over the UK descended on London to honour the 150th anniversary of William Perkin's discovery of the first synthetic dye, mauveine. The celebrations were jointly ...

By dipping a piece of silk into it, Perkin discovered its dyeing properties, creating the first synthetic dye: mauveine. It was in 1968, while working for the Midwestern US company 3M, that chemist ...

So Perkin had discovered a dye which he called mauveine. Perkin's dye was far superior to anything created by nature, and one that could be mass produced at a fraction of the cost. It quickly ...