Chem. [f. Gr. χρῡσοειδ-ής like gold + -INE.] A coloring base (C12 H12 N4) intermediate in composition between aniline yellow and phenylene brown. The chrysoidine of commerce is the hydrochloride, a salt of a splendid orange-yellow color.
1878. Watts, Dict. Chem., VIII. I. 467–470. Chrysoïdine or Metadiamidazobenzene.
1880. Jrnl. Soc. Arts, 446. Added to a solution of diamidobenzene-hydrochloride, the scarlet body produced is the sulphonic acid of chrysoidine.
