Patent ID: 8653247

Claim:
A rinsable dye compound of the formula: [(AO) n H] x —N-D-{-N-[AO) n H] x } s wherein s is an integer 0 or 1; AO are alkyleneoxy polymeric or copolymeric units; n is an integer from 5 to 100; x is an integer 1 or 2; and wherein D is a dyestuff compound comprising a conjugated system of multiple aryl rings and one or more chromophoric functional groups; and wherein one or more of the aryl rings contains one or more substituents, which are capped solubilizing groups, wherein the substituent capped solubilizing groups comprise a sulfonic group (SO 3 − ) combined with an ethanolamine, selected from mono-, di- and triethanolamine, to form mono-, di- or triethanolamine sulfonate.