Water-soluble cationic polymer dye compounds and process for producing the same

A water-soluble polymer dye which is the reaction product of

• (1) as a water-soluble cationic polymer a polyamino amide, with
• (2) as a chromophore or chromogen group carrying compound, an aromatic amine having a chloroacetylated extranuclear amine group, said aromatic amine being linked to said polyamino amide by a tertiary amine group,
• the main chain of said polymer dye having at least 10% aliphatic amine groups relative to the total number of amine groups in said main chain.

A water-soluble polymer dye which is the reaction product of

• (1) as a water-soluble cationic polymer a polyamino amide having recurring units of the formula [NHCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 NHCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 NHCO(CH.sub.2).sub.4 CO] with
• (2) as a chromophore or chromogen group carrying compound, a compound of the formula ##STR63## said compound being linked to said polyamino amide by a tertiary amine group, and the main chain of said polymer dye having at least 10% aliphatic amine groups relative to the total number of amine groups in said main chain.

A water-soluble polymer dye for coloring keratinic fibers comprising

• (1) a water-soluble cationic polymer having recurring units of the formula
• --NHCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 NHCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 NHCO(CH.sub.2).sub.4 CO--
• (2) a chromophore group carrying compound, said chromophore group carrying compound having the formula ##STR64## (3) an amine group which links (1) and (2) and the main chain of the polymer dye has at least 10% aliphatic amine groups relative to the total number of amine groups of said chain.

A process for producing a water-soluble polymer dye for coloring keratinic fibers comprising (1) a water-soluble cationic polymer, (2) a chromophore or chromogen group carrying compound, either of said chromophore or chromogen group carrying compound further containing aryl or arylaliphatic groups, (3) an amine group which links (1) and (2) and the main chain of the polymer has at least 10% aliphatic amine groups relative to the total number of amine groups of said chain whereby the absorption of the said polymer dye on said fibers is facilitated, the steps comprising reacting at least one reactive colored compound having one or more --NHCOCH.sub.2 Cl radicals with at least one cationic resin having primary, secondary or tertiary alkylatable amine groups.