Fluorinated dyes or colorants and their uses

A fluorinated porphyrin dye or colorant expressed by Formula (VII):

• wherein:
• m, n, p and q are independently 0-5;
• M is a divalent metal, an oxometal group, a halogenometal group or a hydroxymetal group;
• R1s and R2s are independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or a halogenated derivative of alkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl, R′O—, R′S—, R′R″N—, R′C(O)—, R′OC(O—, R′C(O)O—, R′C(O)NR″—, R′R″NC(O)—, R′HC(O)NR″—, R′SO2NR″—, R′R″NSO2—, wherein R′ and R″ are independently hydrogen, alkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or a halogenated derivative of alkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl;
• or R1s and R2s are independently Rf-A-;
• Rf is a fluorinated alkyl, fluorinated heteroalkyl, fluorinated aryl, fluorinated heteroaryl, or a low/medium molecular weight fluorinated polymeric or oligomeric moiety;
• and
• A is absent or a linking chain comprising one or more of the following, connected together:
• —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —SO2NR′—, —NR′—, —NR′CO—, —NR′COO—, —NR′CONR″—, —NR′CS—, —NR′CSO—, —NR′CSNR″—, —OC(O)—, —OCO2—, —C(O)O—, —OC(O)N′R—, alkylene, arylene, a halogenated derivative of alkylene, and a halogenated derivative of arylene;
• provided that the dyes or colorants Formula (VII) comprise at least about 25% by weight of fluorine.