Indigo is applied to cotton in its reduced, soluble form and then oxidised in air on the fibre. Indigo is therefore a ____ dye.
Correct answer A. vat
Explanation
Vat dyes are insoluble, so they are reduced to a soluble form in a vat, absorbed by the fibre, and then reoxidised to the insoluble coloured dye.
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