The word dye comes from the Latin "dye", the dye is a substance where the portion of matter shares certain intensive properties that give color to an object or thing such as clothes that are garments made with different materials; the hair, which is a continuation of the scalp; the fabric is like a textile product that is the result of weaving threads, filaments or fibers, the dye is used in domestic areas it can be of the house, the home or related to that, to be able to change the appearance of worn and dingy clothes by use or out of fashion.
On the other hand, there are many natural dyes that refer to dyes or dyes derived from plants, invertebrates or minerals, dyes today contain chemical products and hair dyes that are divided into oxidants and non-oxidants, which is a chemical compound that oxidizes another substance in electrochemical or reduction-oxidation reactions.
In part of the wood, the stains that it uses are chemical products destined to fulfill a function where the color of the tone of the wood can be replaced, the staining of the wood allows to change its color but it will always retain its original color, in addition to the Wood stain can be solvent, synthetic, or aqueous.
The dyes contain medicinal properties such as iodine which is an element chemical atomic number, gentian violet, are groups of chemical compounds used as indicators of pH and dyes, mercurochrome.