Patent ID: 7208459

Claim:
A laundry detergent composition, comprising (a) surfactant, and (b) a hueing dye, wherein the hueing dye exhibits a hueing efficiency of at least 10, a wash removal value in the range of from about 30% to about 85% and is selected from: (i) an anthraquinone blue basic dye; an anthraquinone violet basic dye; an azo dye basic blue 16, basic blue 65, basic blue 66, basic blue 67, basic blue 71, basic blue 159, basic violet 19, basic violet 35, basic violet 38, or basic violet 48; oxazine dye basic blue 3, basic blue 75, basic blue 95, basic blue 122, basic blue 124, basic blue 141, or Nile blue A; an alkoxylated triphenylmethane polymeric colorant; an alkoxylated thiopene polymeric colorant; or a mixture thereof.