In a process for the preparation of a dihalogenotriazinylamino-naphthol compound of formula (1) ##STR8## in which each X is fluorine, chlorine or bromine, R is hydrogen or alkyl of 1-4 C-atoms, M is hydrogen or the equivalent of a metal and Z is hydrogen or a group of the formula --SO.sub.3 M with M defined above, comprising reacting an aminonaphthol compound of formula (2) ##STR9## in which R, M and Z are defined as above, with M in formula (2) preferably being hydrogen, with a cyanuric halide compound of the formula (3) ##STR10## in which X is defined as above, in water as reaction medium at a pH of 5 or smaller than 5, the improvement consisting in introducing the aminonaphthol compound of formula (2) in solid, undissolved form into the reaction and carrying out the reaction in suspension.