Disperse dye mixtures

1. A dye mixture comprising one or more dyes of the herein below indicated and defined formula (I)

where

R 1 and R 2 are independently hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, or R 1 and R 2 together with the N atom can form a heterocyclic 5, 6 or 7 membered ring,

R 3 and R 4 are independently hydrogen, halogen, or an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkoxy or

R 1 and R 3 together with the N atom can form a heterocyclic 5, 6 or 7 membered ring,

R 2 and R 4 together with the N atom can form a heterocyclic 5, 6 or 7 membered ring,

R 5 is hydrogen, halogen or optionally substituted alkyl or alkoxy group or is —NR 01 R 02 where R 01 and R 02 independently have a meaning of R 1 and R 2

R 6 and R 7 are independently hydrogen, halogen, or an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkoxy,

R 5 and R 6 together with the N atom can form a heterocyclic 5, 6 or 7 membered ring, or

R 5 and R 7 together with the N atom can form a heterocyclic 5, 6 or 7 membered ring and at least one dye of the formula (II),

and optionally one or more dyes of general formula (III),

wherein

R 8 and R 9 are independently H, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 alkenyloxy optionally substituted by unsubstituted or substituted saturated or unsaturated 5-, 6-, or 7-membered heterocyclic or homocyclic residues or substituted alkoxy {O(CH 2 ) n R 11 }

wherein

n is an integer from 1 to 6 and

R 11 is OR 12 or COR 13

wherein

R 12 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, carbonylalkyl, carbonylalkenyl, carbonylaryl, carbonylalkoxyalkyl or carbonylaryloxyalkyl and

R 13 is alkoxy, alkenyloxy, aryloxy, arylalkoxy, aryloxyalkoxy, alkenyloxyalkoxy or alkoxyalkoxy

or one or more dyes of general formula (IV),

wherein at least one of P and Q are independently O or NH and where at least one and P and Q are O,

n is an integer from 1 to 4,

R 14 is H or C 1 -C 4 alkyl or a C 1 -C 4 alkoxy group,

or alternatively, at least one of the herein below indicated and defined general dye of formula (IVa), (IVb) or (IVc),

whereas the ratio of these two components (IVa) and (IVb) would be 40-50 to 50-60,

wherein R is H or CH 3 , the ratio of H to CH 3 would 30-70 to 70-30, one or more dyes of general formula (V)

wherein

T, U and V are independently hydrogen, formyl, acetyl, chloro, bromo, cyano or nitro

n is 1 to 4,

R 15 and R 16 are independently C 1 to C 4 alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, carbonylalkyl, carbonylalkenyl, carbonylaryl, carbonylalkoxyalkyl or carbonylaryloxyalkyl,

R 17 is hydrogen, halogen, C 1 to C 4 alkyl or C 1 to C 4 alkoxy, NHCOR 18 ,

where R 18 is C 1 to C 4 alkyl or C 1 to C 4 alkoxy, where in case where R 17 is NHCOR 18 then (CH 2 ) n OR 15 /R 16 are replaced by R 19 and R 20 as given in structure (Va)

wherein

R 19 and R 20 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl and alkylcarbonylalkoxy,

or one or more dyes of general formula (VI)

wherein

R 21 is H, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl or aryloxyalkyl,

X is H, halogen, alkyl, nitro or cyano,

Y is independently H, halogen, alkyl, nitro, alkoxyalkoxyakylcarbonyl, arylalkoxycarbonyl, mono or dialkylaminocarbonyl, or alkylalkoxycarbonyl in which the alkali group can be further substituted by a 5, 6 or 7 membered (saturated or unsaturated) heterocyclic ring, or Y is

R 22 SO 2

wherein R 22 is aryloxy, or mono/dialkylamino

Z is independently H, hydroxyl, halogen, or R 22 SO 2 wherein R 22 is aryloxy, or mono/dialkylamino or Z is aryloxyalkoxycarbonyl, or arylalkoxycarbonyl.

2. The dye mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

P and Q are O,

n is an integer from 2 or 3,

or alternatively, at least one of the herein below indicated and defined general dye of formula (IVa), (IVb) or (IVc),

whereas the ratio of these two components (IVa) and (IVb) would be 45 to 55 parts,

wherein R is H or CH 3 , the ratio of H to CH 3 would be 40-60 to 60-40.

3. The dye mixture according to claim 1 comprising one or more dyes of the general formula 1 and one or more dyestuffs of the general formula (II), and optionally one or more dyestuffs of formula (III), or (IV) or (V) or (VI).

4. The dye mixture according to claim 1 comprising one or more dyes of the general formula (I), a dye of the general formula (II) and one or more dyes of the general formula (VI).

5. The dye mixture according to claim 1 comprising one or more dyes of the general formula (I), a dye of the general formula (II) and one or more dyes of the general formula (IV) and one or more dyes of the general formula (VI).

6. The dye mixture according to claim 1 comprising one or more dyes of the general formula (I), a dye of the general formula (II) and one or more dyes of the general formula (V) and one or more dyes of formula (VI).

7. The dye mixture according to claim 1 comprising one or more dyes of the general formula (I), one or more dyes of the general formula (II), a dye of the general formula (III) and one or more dyes of the general formula (IV) and one or more dyes of formula (VI).

8. The dye mixture according to claim 1 comprising one or more dyes of the general formula (I), one or more dyes of the general formula (II), a dye of the general formula (III) and one or more dyes of the general formula (V) and one or more dyes of formula (VI).

9. The dye mixture according to claim 1 comprising one or more dyes of the general formula (I), a dye of the general formula (II), one or more dyes of the general formula (III), one or more dyes of the general formula (V) and one or more dyes of formula (VI).

10. The dye mixture according to claim 1 comprising one or more dyes of the general formula (I), a dye of the general formula (II), one or more dyes of the general formula (III), one or more dyes of the general formula (IV) and one or more dyes of formula (VI).

11. The dye mixture according to claim 1 comprising one or more dyes of the general formula (I), a dye of the general formula (II), one or more dyes of the general formula (III), one or more dyes of the general formula (IV), one or more dyes of the general formula (V) and one or more dyes of formula (VI).

12. The dye mixture according to claim 1 wherein the mixture comprises 15 to 50% by weight of dyestuff according to the general formula (I), a dyestuff according to the general formula (II) present in an amount not to exceed 50% by weight, 0 to 30% by weight of dyestuff according to the general formula (III), 0 to 40% by weight of dyestuff according to the general formula (IV), 0 to 30% by weight of dyestuff according to the general formula (V) and 0 to 30% by weight according to the general formula (VI).

13. A method for the preparation of the dye mixture according to claim 1 comprising mixing the dye components in the required amounts.

14. A composition comprising a dye mixture according to claim 1 and at least one dispersing agent, surfactant or wetting agent.

15. A process for coloring a synthetic textile material or fibre blend thereof, which comprises applying thereto the dye mixture according to claim 1 .

16. The process according to claim 15 , wherein the synthetic textile material or fibre blend thereof is a polyester, polyester-cellulose, polyester-nylon, polyester-polyurethane or polyester-wool blend.

17. An aqueous textile inkjet printing ink comprising the dye mixture according to claim 1 .