Patent ID: 7749284

Claim:
An oxidative hair dye composition comprising at least one oxidative dyes selected from p-phenylenediamine; p-aminophenol; o-aminophenol; N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-p-phenylenediamine; 2,5-diaminotoluene; 1-phenylamino-4-aminobenzene; 1-bis(beta-hydroxyethyl)amino-4-aminobenzene; 2,5,6-triamino-4-pyrimidinol sulfate; tetraminopyrimidine; and salts thereof; and at least one antioxidant comprising at least one flavanoid component selected from aspalanthin, orientin, iso-orientin, rutin, isoquercetin, vitexin, isovitexin, chryseriol, quercetin, luteolin, nothofagin, catechin; and/or at least one phenolic acid component selected from protocatechic acid, caffeic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, vanillic acid, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid; present in an amount sufficient to inhibit the oxidative degradation upon exposure to air of one or more oxidative dyes present in the oxidative dye composition.