The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a multilayer knitted textile by heating a multi-layer knitted textile in the presence of one or more dye compounds, wherein the multilayer knitted textile comprises a fabric outer layer and a fabric inner layer, wherein the fabric outer layer is knit from a first yarn containing a combination of modacrylic fibers and cotton fibers, wherein the fabric inner layer is knit from a second yarn made from 50-90% HBA/HNA filaments, wherein the heating shrinks the outer layer from about 5 to 25% in length, width, or both.

The invention provides a disperse dye color paste for waterless dyeing, which comprises, by weight, 10%-40% of disperse dye filter cakes, 2%-35% of a dispersant, 5%-20% of a dyeing auxiliary, 0.1-0.5% of a surfactant, and 20%-88% of a solvent. The disperse dye color paste for waterless dyeing of the invention has a small particle size; and after waterless dyeing, a textile does not contain cleavable carcinogenic aromatic amine azo dyes, allergenic dyes, forbidden aromatic amine or bioactive substances. The disperse dye color paste for waterless dyeing of the invention can be stably stored for 6-12 months which is beneficial to the transportation of dyes and the production management of dyeing factories. Moreover, a dyeing effect featuring a high fixation rate is realized after the disperse dye color paste for waterless dyeing is applied to textiles.

The present invention relates to a colorant mixture comprising (A) at least one blue- or black-dyeing disperse dye of formula ##STR00001## wherein R.sub.1 denotes hydrogen or halogen, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently of the other hydrogen; C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkoxy or halogen; —(CH.sub.2).sub.n—O—(CH.sub.2).sub.mR.sub.4, wherein R.sub.4 denotes hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl, n is a number from 2 to 6 and m is a number from 0 to 6; C.sub.5-C.sub.24aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, carboxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkoxy or halogen; or C.sub.6-C.sub.30aralkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkoxy groups or halogen; and (B) at least one yellow-, orange- or red-dyeing disperse dye, solvent dye, vat dye or pigment; and to the use thereof in dyeing or printing cellulose or cellulose blend fibre materials.

A method and an integrated system for dyeing synthetic, natural, and blended textiles in the form of fabrics, yarns, and garments are provided. The integrated system includes a first pressurizing pump for pressurizing liquefied CO.sub.2 to supercritical CO.sub.2 (Sc—CO.sub.2); a second pressurizing pump for pressurizing CO.sub.2 to liquefied CO.sub.2; a liquefied CO.sub.2 storage vessel for storing the liquefied CO.sub.2 and the separated liquefied CO.sub.2 from the one or more cyclone separators; a heater for heating the Sc—CO.sub.2; a dyestuff vessel for mixing a dyestuff and the Sc—CO.sub.2 to obtain Sc—CO.sub.2-mixed dyestuff; a dyeing vessel for dyeing the textile by circulating the Sc—CO.sub.2 and the Sc—CO.sub.2-mixed dyestuff between the dyeing vessel and the dyestuff vessel; and one or more cyclone separators for removing the dyestuff from the Sc—CO.sub.2-mixed dyestuff to obtain separated liquefied CO.sub.2.

The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a multilayer knitted textile by heating a multi-layer knitted textile in the presence of one or more dye compounds, wherein the multilayer knitted textile comprises a fabric outer layer and a fabric inner layer, wherein the fabric outer layer is knit from a first yarn containing a combination of modacrylic fibers and cotton fibers, wherein the fabric inner layer is knit from a second yarn made from 50-90% HBA/HNA filaments, wherein the heating shrinks the outer layer from about 5 to 25% in length, width, or both.

The present invention relates to a colorant mixture comprising

(A) at least one blue- or black-dyeing disperse dye of formula

##STR00001## wherein R.sub.1 denotes hydrogen or halogen, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently of the other hydrogen; C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkoxy or halogen; —(CH.sub.2).sub.n—O—(CH.sub.2).sub.mR.sub.4, wherein R.sub.4 denotes hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl, n is a number from 2 to 6 and m is a number from 0 to 6; C.sub.5-C.sub.24aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, carboxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkoxy or halogen; or C.sub.6-C.sub.30aralkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkoxy groups or halogen; and

(B) at least one yellow-, orange- or red-dyeing disperse dye, solvent dye, vat dye or pigment; and to the use thereof in dyeing or printing cellulose or cellulose blend fibre materials.

The invention relates to a process for printing cellulose textile fibre material or cellulose/polyester mixed textile fibre material, characterised in that the fibre material is treated with a printing paste or printing ink containing a disperse dye of the formula ##STR00001##
wherein
R.sub.1-R.sub.3 are each independently of the other hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl or C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkoxy,
R.sub.4 denotes hydrogen, C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl or a group of the formula —SO.sub.2—NR.sub.6R.sub.7,
wherein R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 each independently of the other denote hydrogen,
C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, halogen, C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkoxy or C.sub.6-C.sub.24aryl, or
C.sub.6-C.sub.30aralkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkoxy or halogen,
R.sub.5 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl or a radical of the formula ##STR00002##
wherein R.sub.1-R.sub.4 are as defined above.

The present invention relates to a method of colouring polymer substrates at low temperatures. The method comprises subjecting the polymer substrate that is to be coloured to a colouring liquor comprising a solvent in which the colourant has a high solubility and then adding a solvent in which the colourant has a low solubility, typically water.

The invention relates to a process for printing cellulose textile fibre material or cellulose/polyester mixed textile fibre material, characterised in that the fibre material is treated with a printing paste or printing ink containing a disperse dye of the formula

##STR00001##

wherein
R.sub.1-R.sub.3 are each independently of the other hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl or C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkoxy,
R.sub.4 denotes hydrogen, C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl or a group of the formula SO.sub.2NR.sub.6R.sub.7,
wherein R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 each independently of the other denote hydrogen,
C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, halogen, C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkoxy or C.sub.6-C.sub.24aryl, or
C.sub.6-C.sub.30aralkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkoxy or halogen,
R.sub.5 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl or a radical of the formula

##STR00002##

wherein R.sub.1-R.sub.4 are as defined above.

The present invention provides the use of fibres comprising one or more composite filaments of cellulose and cellulose acetate, as a bleach activator.