Abstract: The dye composition has a pH of 3 to 12 and contains water, alcohols and/or mixtures thereof as a solvent; from 0.01 to 10 percent by weight of at least one dye compound of formula (I), wherein R1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group and Y is an amino group of the formula —NHR2, and R2 is either a cyclopropyl group, a methoxyethyl group or a methoxypropyl group; OR wherein R1 represents hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms and Y represents a heterocyclic ring of formula (II): wherein X is a nitrogen atom or an oxygen atom and m is 1, 2 or 3 and n is 0 or 1; and from 0.5 to 30 percent by weight of at least one anionic, cationic, amphoteric and nonionic and/or zwitterionic surface-active substances and/or from 0.1 to 25 percent by weight of at least one thickener and/or from 0.1 to 5 percent by weight of at least one care material. A method of dyeing fibers using the composition is also described.

Abstract: An aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic composition for dyeing natural or synthetic fibers, especially hair, contains a combination of at least one cyclic oxo-substituted enediol according to formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and independently of each other represent a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together represent an alkaline earth metal atom and n=0, 1, 2 or 3; and at least one member selected from the group consisting of malonic acid dinitrile, maleic acid diaminodinitrile, 2,5-diamino-6-nitropyridine, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6-nitroquinoxaline, 7-amino-3,4-dihydro-6-nitro-2H-1,4-benzoxazine and substituted nitrobenzene compounds; as well as water and at least one cosmetic ingredient including solvents other than water, surfactants, thickeners, care materials and adjuvant materials.

Abstract: The dye-containing mass contains or consists of a compound of formula I: ##STR1## wherein R represents a DL-, D- or L-aldopyranose or a DL-, D- or L-ketopyranose, and X and Y, independently of each other, each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group or an alkoxy group with from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and, if needed, a direct-dyeing dye compound. The ready-to-use hair dye composition according to the invention is obtained by mixing this dye-containing mass with a hydrolase enzyme, e.g. a .beta.-galactosidase. The method for dyeing hair includes applying this ready-to-use hair dye composition to the hair.