Perylene dye

Absorption and fluorescence emission spectra

Description

A small group of red and violet synthetic organic vat dyes discovered about 1912. Perylene has been laked as an artist pigment since 1957. They have good to excellent lightfastness in watercolor paints. Perylene colors have also been used in automobile paints. In recent years, several perylene derivatives have been used as photoconducting compounds in optical LEDs.

Synonyms and Related Terms

perilene

FTIR PV029(MFA)

FTIR PR179(MFA)

Chemical structure

Comparisons

Pigment number	Manufacture	Pigment name	Manufacture CI number	Comments
PV029	Sun	perylene violet	229-9029
PR179	Sun	perylene maroon	229-1179

Other Properties

Soluble in water

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• Website address 1 Comment: www.handprint.com (accessed April 2004)

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perylene (Accessed Mar. 1, 2006)