Solvent dye is a dye which is soluble in
an organic solvent and is mostly introduced in the form of a solution in an
organic solvent.
As a general principle, solvent dyes do not ionise. Many are azo dyes which
have undergone some molecular rearrangement and lost the ability to ionise.
In the process they gained the ability to dissolve in non-polar materials
such as triglycerides. They are commonly used to color organic solvents,
hydrocarbon fuels, waxes, lubricants, plastics and other hydrocarbon-based
nonpolar materials.