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20 answers for: What-colour-was-the-first-synthetic-dye
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MAUVEWhat colour was the first synthetic dye? (5)
MAUVEDYEFirst synthetic dye discovered by William Perkins while looking for a method to synthesize quinine (5,3)
NYLONThe first synthetic fibre (5)
DREFTLaunched in 1933, the first synthetic detergent
RAYONThe first synthetic fiber
BAKELITEThe first synthetic plastic (8)
CRIMSONAssociated with nobility and the English military, which colour was originally made from the dried b
PREMIEREDPremature baby with rosy colour was shown for the first time (9)
BLUEThe colour was a mistake (4)
RANWasn't fast where colour was concerned, but otherwise was (3)
TURQUOISEThe colour was quite sour unfortunately (9)
ANILINESynthetic dye compound
BARREDLocal colour was excluded (6)
MATTEREDDull colour was concerning
EXTINCTFormer colour was dead and buried (7)
VALENTINOItalian fashion designer whose obsession with one colour was rewarded with his very own Pantone red
TANGERINEIn The Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (1967), what colour were the trees? (9)
SIENACity for whom a color was named
VIOLETIf red is at the top of a rainbow, what colour is at the bottom? (6)
KHAKIWhat colour replaced red for the uniforms of British troops from the late 1800s? (5)