COLORED ORGANOPOLYSILOXANES

1 - 7 . (canceled)

8 . A colored organopolysiloxane comprising units of the formula

R 1 a (RO) b A c R 2 d SiO (4−a−b−c−d)/2   (I),

in which

R is hydrogen or a monovalent, unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbon radical, wherein R is identical or different among the units of the formula (I);

R 1 is hydrogen or a monovalent, SiC-bonded, unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbon radical, wherein R 1 is identical or different among the units of the formula (I);

R 2 is a substituted monovalent hydrocarbon radical, wherein R 2 is identical or different among the units of the formula (I);

A is a hydrophilic organic dye radical or its complex compound with a metal, which contains at least one triazine ring via which it is bonded to the unit of the formula (I), wherein A is identical or different among the units of the formula (I);

a is 0, 1, 2 or 3;

b is 0, 1, 2 or 3;

d is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and

c is 0, 1 or 2;

wherein a+b+c+d≦3;

wherein d is 0 in the units of the formula (I) where c is not 0; and

wherein the organopolysiloxane has at least one radical A per molecule.

9 . The colored organopolysiloxane of claim 8 , wherein R is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, vinyl or propyl.

10 . The colored organopolysiloxane of claim 8 , wherein R 1 is methyl.

11 . The colored organopolysiloxane of claim 8 having the general formula (III)

R 1 3 SiO(SiA 2 O) e (SiR 1 f R 2 2-f O) g (R 2 m R 1 2-m SiO) h (R 1 1-j SiO) k SiR 1 3   (III)

in which

R 1 , R 2 and A are defined as in claim 8 ;

f is 0 or 1,

j is 0or 1;

m is 0, 1 or2;

e is 0 or an integer from 1 to 100;

g is 0 or an integer from 1 to 100;

h is 0 or an integer from 1 to 1000; and

k is an integer from 1 to 100;

wherein (e+g)<(h+k)/10 and the subunits in the formula (III) are distributed randomly in the siloxane molecule.

12 . The colored organopolysiloxane of claim 11 , wherein f is 1, j is 1, and m is 0.

13 . The colored organopolysiloxane of claim 8 , wherein the dye content is 0.1% to 80% by weight of the total weight of the colored organopolysiloxane.

14 . The colored organopolysiloxane of claim 13 , wherein the dye content is 1% to 15% by weight of the total weight of the colored organopolysiloxane.

15 . The colored organopolysiloxane of claim 14 , wherein the dye content is 5% to 10% by weight of the total weight of the colored organopolysiloxane.

16 . A process for preparing a colored organopolysiloxane comprising:

reacting a hydrophilic organic dye of the formula IV

in which A′ is a chromophoric structure and R 8 is A′ or an organic radical,

with an organopolysiloxane comprising one or more functional groups which are reactive with the chlorotriazine group of the dye to form a covalent bond.