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Colorant and method for producing temporary hair colors

US6312478A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1999
Grant dateNov 6, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06P5/138
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The method for temporarily coloring and later decolorizing hair includes applying a colorant to the hair, which contains a monomethine or polymethine dye of formula (Ia/Ib), or a salt thereof, EQU W=L-V'(Ia).revreaction.W'-L=V (Ib), PA1 wherein W=L-V' and W'=L-V are tautomers, W and V are each a substituted five-member or six-member heterocyclic ring, each of which is a substituted pyrazolone, substituted pyridone, substituted dioxothiazoline, substituted rhodanine, substituted dioxoimidazolidine or substituted barbituric acid; PA1 wherein L represents --[--CH.dbd.CH--].sub.m --CR.dbd.[.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.].sub.n.dbd. and R is hydrogen, a phenyl group, a halogen atom, a methyl group or a carboxamido group, and wherein m and n are each 0, 1 or 2, but n+m.ltoreq.2; then allowing the colorant to act for from 10 to 45 min at 20 to 50.degree. C.; subsequently rinsing with water and drying and at a later time, decolorizing the hair with a reducing agent or an oxidant.

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