Cotton is the most popularly used fiber around the world largely due to its comfort and feel to the individual’s body. It is treated in its natural form or made anew through forms like modal, viscose or blended with synthetics. The dyes used for coloration of cotton fibre mainly constitute the reactive dyes and vat dyes though a small but vital share is held by Napthols /azoic bases. These are helpful in achieving vibrant and deep hues besides offering a large number of benefits like bleach/wash/light fastness, cost efficiencies etc.
Dyes have been in use as colorants since ancient times and have wound their way in a number of industrial and commercial applications. Fabricated dyes are known as synthetic dyes and basic dyes forms a part of this synthetic dye class. One of the most popularly used dye in coloring of paper and acrylic fibers, 
