Hair dye composition containing an indoaniline

A hair dyeing composition comprising in an aqueous solution of a lower alkanol an indoaniline selected from the group consisting of (a) an indoaniline having the formula ##STR16## wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of amino, acetylamino and hydroxy;

• R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 each independently are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms and lower alkoxy having 1-6 carbon atoms;
• R.sub.8 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms and together with R.sub.5 and the nitrogen atom to which R.sub.8 is attached form dihydro-paroxazine;
• and R.sub.9 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms and together with R.sub.6 and the nitrogen atom to which R.sub.9 is attached form dihydro-paroxazine, with the proviso that at least two of R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 are other than hydrogen when Z is NH.sub.2 and that only one of R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 form dihydro-paroxazine;
• (b) an acid salt of said indoaniline in (a);
• and
• (c) a double chloride of zinc and said indoaniline in (a);
• and a cosmetic film forming resin, said indoaniline being present in an amount effective to dye said hair and said cosmetic film forming resin being present in an amount of about 1 to 3 percent by weight of said composition.