Unsymmetrical 1:2-chromium complexes containing an azo compound and an azomethine compound

A dye of the formula:

• ##STR53## in which
• A.sup.1 is hydrogen, hydroxysulfonyl, chloro, bromo, methyl, methoxy, ethoxy, nitro, methylsulfonyl, ethylsulfonyl, sulfamoyl, an N-mono-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or N,N-di-C.sub.1 C.sub.4 -alkyl substituted sulfamoyl, or N-phenylsulfamoyl;
• A.sup.2 is hydrogen, chloro, nitro or hydroxysulfonyl;
• A.sup.3 is hydrogen;
• or
• A.sup.1 and A.sup.3 taken together with the attached phenylene moiety form naphthalene with or without a fused benzene ring nitro as a substituent;
• R.sup.1 is hydrogen, chloro, bromo, nitro, hydroxysulfonyl, phenylazo with or without chloro, bromo, methyl, methoxy, ethoxy, nitro or hydroxysulfonyl as a substituent or naphthylazo with or without hydroxysulfonyl as a substituent;
• R.sup.2 is hydrogen, chloro, bromo or nitro;
• or
• R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the attached phenylene moiety form naphthalene;
• X is --O-- or --COO--;
• Y is --O-- or --NH--;
• K is ##STR54## R.sup.3 is hydrogen, methyl, phenyl or carbamoyl;
• R.sup.4 is hydrogen or phenyl with or without methyl, chloro or hydroxysulfonyl as a substituent;
• R.sup.5 is methyl, methoxy, acetylamino, propionylamino, benzoylamino, N-phenylamino, dimethylamino or diethylamino;
• R.sup.6 is hydrogen or methyl;
• R.sup.7 is hydrogen or, when R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 taken together with the attached phenylene moiety form naphthalene with or without bromo, amino, hydroxy, phenylamino, acetylamino, propionylamino, benzoylamino or hydroxysulfonyl as a substituent, R.sup.7 is hydrogen or hydroxysulfonyl;
• Z is ##STR55## Q is a cation;
• and nis one of the integers 1, 2 and 3.