Patent ID: 8632610

Claim:
A domestic method of treating a textile, the method comprising the steps of: (i) treating a textile with an aqueous solution of a laundry treatment composition comprising: (i) from 2 to 70 wt % of a surfactant; (ii) from 0.005 to 2 wt % of a fluorescer; (iii) from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt % of a blue or violet cationic azine dye, the azine dye selected from the following structures: wherein X− is a negative anion; no more than one of the groups R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are H and are independently selected from: a polyether chain, benzyl, phenyl, amine substituted benzyl, amine substituted phenyl, COCH 3 , H, a linear or branched alkyl chain; a linear or branched alkyl chain which is substituted by one or more groups selected from: ester groups; Cl; F; CN; OH; CH 3 O—; C 2 H 5 O—; and, phenyl; R5 is selected from the group consisting of: a branched or linear C1 to C10 alkyl; a branched or linear C1 to C10 alkyl group substituted by a phenyl group; and, an aromatic group; and, the dye is not covalently bound to a negatively charged substituent, and, (iv) rinsing and drying the textile.