| abstract |
The present invention is directed to water-dispersible dye compositions, to dispersants utilized in the manufacture of the dye compositions, to polymers which are used in such dispersants and to methods of preparing the polymers. The polymers used as dispersants are prepared from a hydrophilic monomer, a hydrophobic monomer and from 0.5 to about 10 mole percent of an alpha-olefin sulfonate, wherein the molar ratio of the hydrophilic monomer to the hydrophobic monomer ranges from about 5:1 to about 0.2:1. |