1. Colour: A brief historical perpective -- 2. The physical and chemical basis of colour -- 3. Azo dyes and pigments -- 4. Carbonyl dyes and pigments -- 5. Phthalocyanines -- 6. Miscellaneous chemical classes of organic dyes and pigments -- 7. Textile dyes (Excluding reactive dyes) -- 8. Reactive dyes for textile fibres -- 9. Pigments -- 10. Functional or "High technology" dyes and pigments -- 11. Colour and the environment