Abstract: Concentrated solutions of water-insoluble bis-acetoacetic acid-diphenylamides as coupling components; these solutions contain in addition to one or more of these coupling components water and sodium and/or potassium hydroxide and as aliphatic solvent one or more mono- or di- to hexa-ethyleneglycol monoalkyl ethers having lower alkyl radicals, and optionally ethyleneglycol, diethyleneglycol and/or propyleneglycol. The coupling components are contained in the solutions in a concentration of up to about 50% by weight without deteriorating the storage stability of the solutions. The solutions may be used for preparing water-insoluble azo dyestuffs on the fiber according to "ice-color" dyeing. On pouring into water containing a small amount of sodium hydroxide they give immediately ready-to-use impregnation baths.

Abstract: Highly concentrated solutions of coupling components of the ice-color dyeing technique had been found which possess a very good stability to storage and can readily be used for the preparation of diluted aqueous bottoming baths of the ice-color technique; these novel solutions contain the coupling component, water, sodium-or potassium hydroxide, and are characterized by the imperative content of diethylene-glycol or a content of a mixture of diethylene-glycol and ethylene-glycol or propylene-glycol or both.