A water-soluble disazo dye which, in the form of the free acid, has the formula ##STR16## wherein A represents lower alkyl, hydroxy lower alkyl, phenyl or phenyl substituted by nitro, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy,
- R represents hydrogen, or lower alkyl when A is lower alkyl,
- m has a value of 0, 1 or 2 and
- E represents ##STR17## wherein R.sup.5 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy lower alkyl or benzyl, R.sup.6 represents lower alkyl or hydroxy lower alkyl and R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 each independently represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or acylamino.