Patent ID: 8361167

Claim:
A dye mixture for application to human hair, wherein said mixture comprises a multiplicity of polyphenolic materials, wherein said materials are obtained from a botanical source, wherein said botanical source is optionally fruit, which is optionally selected from blackcurrants, blackberries, blueberries, bilberries, cranberries, grapes, chokeberries, Saskatoon berries, sea-buckthorn, mulberries acai, cherries and/or figs, wherein said polyphenolic mateials comprise glycosylated anthocyanins of the formula (III): wherein R 1 and R 2 are, independently, H, OH or OCH 3 , R 3 is an O-glycosyl group (glycosylated anthocyanins), and X is a counter-ion which may optionally be selected from chloride, bromide, iodide, sulphate, bisulphate, carbonate, bicarbonate, citrate, formate, acetate or tartrate and wherein said glycosylated group comprises a monosaccharide or polysaccharide, wherein said polysaccharide optionally comprises a disaccharide or trisaccharide.