Aqueous dye preparations

A storage-stable aqueous dye preparation consisting essentially of, relative to the total amount of the preparation:

• 5to 50 percent by weight of at least one water-soluble dye;
• 0.1 to 5 percent by weight of a dispersing agent;
• 0.1 to 30 percent by weight of at least one further additive, said further additive being an auxiliary selected from the group consisting of:
• (a) glycine, 1-aminopropionic acid, 2-aminopropionic acid, betaine hydrate, choline, potassium glutamate, N-methyl glucamine, 2-amino-2-methyl-propanediol-1,3,2-amino-2-ethyl-propanediol-1, 3,tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane, and hydrolysed proteins having a molecular weight up to 10,000;
• (b) ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, N-hydroxyethyl-ethylenediaminetriacetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, N,N-(dihydroxyethyl)-glycine, N-(hydroxyethyl)-iminodiacetic acid, amino-tri-(methylenephosphonic acid), 1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid, .alpha.-aminoethanediphosphonic acid, methylenediphosphonic acid, ethylenediphosphonic acid, and the Na, K, NH.sub.4, Li, mono-, di- and triethanolammonium salts thereof;
• (c) maltose, saccharose-monolaurate, adducts of 1 mol of methyl glucoside with 5 to 20 mols of ethylene oxides, and xanthane gum;
• (d) potassium salts, lithium salts, ammonium salts, choline salts, and amine salts optionally substituted by lower alkyl or hydroxy-lower-alkyl, of lactic acid, .alpha.-hydroxy-isobutyric acid, gluconic acid, glycolic acid, pyrrolidone-2-carboxylic acid, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid, and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid;
• 0. 5 to 30 percent by weight of at least one water-soluble anionic polyelectrolyte which is a synthetic polymerisation product containing carboxyl groups, having a molecular weight of 400 to 300,000, and is selected from the group consisting of (a) homopolymers of .alpha., .beta.-ethylenic unsaturated monocarboxylic acids or polyvalent carboxylic acids or their anhydrides, which have been subsequently saponified, (b) co- and ter-polymers of .alpha., .beta.-ethylenic unsaturated monocarboxylic acids or polyvalent carboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof, or co- and ter-polymers of .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenic unsaturated monocarboxylic acids or polyvalent carboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof with other polymerisable monomers selected from unsaturated aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons, vinyl ethers, vinyl esters, methacrylic acid alkyl esters and unsaturated glyceride oils and diene polymers, and (c) homopolymers of (a) or co- and terpolymers of (b) which are substituted by hydroxyl groups, aldehyde groups, or hydroxyl groups and aldehyde groups;
• and water to make up the remainder of the preparation.