Witt theory
Witt theory
[′wit ‚thē·ə·rē] (chemistry)
A theory of the mechanism of dyeing stating that all colored organic compounds (called chromogens) contain certain unsaturated chromophoric groups which are responsible for the color, and if these compounds also contain certain auxochromic groups, they possess dyeing properties.
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