C09B31/105

LAUNDRY DETERGENT

A laundry detergent composition comprising: (i) from 2 to 70 wt. % of a surfactant; and (ii) from 0.00001 to 0.1 wt. % of shading dye which is covalently bound to at least one alkoxy-CH.sub.2CHO or —CH.sub.2CHO capped polyalkoxy group.

LAUNDRY DETERGENT

A laundry detergent composition comprising: from 2 to 70 wt. % of a surfactant; and from 0.00001 to 0.1 wt. % of shading dye which is covalently bound to at least one alkoxy-CH═CH.sub.2 or —CH═CH.sub.2 capped polyalkoxy group.