“…According to Giles et al [3,4], Rowe and Chamberlain [5], who made a systematic study of the gas-fume fading of cellulose acetate rayon dyed with many AAQ dyes, independently reached a conclusion similar to that of the MLB team. The MLB team [3,4] and Rowe and Chamberlain [5] suggested that free or substituted amino groups in the dye became either diazotized or nitrosated in the fading. The reactions, which may occur in fading or color variation, are as follows [3,4]:…”