Abstract: Phthalocyanine dyes, in particular copper phthalocyanine and nickel phthalocyanine dyes which contain one or more groups of the formula given and defined below ##STR1## or one or more carboxy groups or both groups and which furthermore can contain one or more sulfo groups, customary sulfonamide groups and/or groups of the formula given and defined below ##STR2## dye hydroxy- and/or carboxamide-containing materials, in particular fiber materials, such as cellulose fiber materials, wool and polyamide fibers, in fast, predominantly green hues of high color strength.

Abstract: Water-soluble phthalocyanine dyestuffs, processes for their preparation and their use Phthalocyanine dyestuffs, in particular copper phthalocyanine and nickel phthalocyanine dyestuffs, which contain one or more groups of the formula define below ##STR1## or one or more carboxy groups, or both groups, and which furthermore can have one or more sulfo groups, customary sulfonamide groups and/or groups of the general formula defined below ##STR2## dye materials containing hydroxy and/or carboxamide groups, in particular fiber materials, such as, for example, cellulose fiber materials, wool and polyamide fibers, in deep-colored, fast, mainly green shades. In the formulae:R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are both, independently of one another, hydrogen or a lower optionally substituted aliphatic radical, G is lower alkylene, or is phenylene, which can be substituted by lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, sulfo, carboxy and/or nitro, or the grouping --N(R.sup.1)--G--N(R.sup.