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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

anilinas de colores

English translation:

colour dyes

Added to glossary by maryblack
May 10, 2014 13:47
10 yrs ago
Spanish term

anilinas de colores

Spanish to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting children's crafts
This (plus sand) appears on a list of materials for making a textured drawing of animals. From what I have discovered "aniline" seems to be a toxic product, so I'm guessing it's not recommending that children use that! Any ideas? Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
2 +5 colour dyes
5 Fingerpaint
4 colored pencils
4 aniline crayons

Discussion

Noni Gilbert Riley May 10, 2014:
We can all heave a sigh of relief We are not going to be arrested for trying to poison the kids:

"Water-soluble dyes are your first choice—The
most commonly available dyes are powders dissolved
in water. often termed aniline dyes (although no longer
made from this product), water-soluble dyes provide
great flexibility in how they can be mixed and also how
they can be used. " https://www.finewoodworking.com/FWNPDFfree/011190044.pdf

So you could use the original "aniline dyes", although I would prefer not to perpeturate the word personally.
maryblack (asker) May 10, 2014:
dyes, pretty sure ... based on Noni's links (thank you!) and on the fact that it has to be wet, that is, a liquid. Coloured dyes?
maryblack (asker) May 10, 2014:
dyes? The idea is that you sprinkle salt on the "anilias de colores" while they're still wet and the colour seems to accumulate or get stronger where the salt is. Dyes??
philgoddard May 10, 2014:
Aniline pencils gets some hits, but they're all pre-1940s. Aniline crayons gets none to speak of. And yes, aniline dyes are highly toxic.
You could just write it off as one of life's mysteries and substitute something like food colouring or non-toxic dye.
Noni Gilbert Riley May 10, 2014:
I think it may be dyes after all, rather than acaja's coloured pencils. I'd be surprised if it were the latter, since I've spent 28 years in Spain working closely with kids and don't recall ever coming across the term. Ready to be proved wrong of course!

Perhaps Mary's text tells us about some kind of process as well as the materials? Do you dye the sand?

Proposed translations

+5
33 mins
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colour dyes

I'm going with this. I imagine this is being added to the sand.

http://mitiendadearte.com/manualidades/pinturas/tintes/anili...

http://manualidades.innatia.com/c-batik/a-anilinas-para-bati...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-05-10 16:11:04 GMT)
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Yes, coloured rather than colour as Mary suggests. But why do we call them "coloured" - they are coloured by definition aren't they?! Another mystery.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2014-05-10 17:50:04 GMT)
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Excellent observation and suggestion from Charles:

*water-based / aniline dyes in a range of colours*
Peer comment(s):
agree Helena Chavarria
9 mins
Thanks Helena
agree Martin Harvey
22 mins
Thanks Martin
agree Charles Davis : Dyes, for sure. I think "de colores"/"coloured" means "in a range of colours". "Aniline" seems to be used as a synonym for "water-soluble", so I'd be inclined to add that. Genuine aniline "possesses the somewhat unpleasant odor of rotten fish", btw.
2 hrs
Well, I think I might actually be pleased I didn't know that!! Thanks Charles.
agree David Brown : colouring dyes wood cover it
20 hrs
Ha! Thank you David.
agree Thayenga : :)
23 hrs
Thanks Thayenga.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks so much!!"
10 mins

colored pencils

Aniline refers to the die, but analina can refer to products made with that die for coloring. Since it's a drawing, I'd go with colored pencils.
Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : Maybe, but you haven't given any references.
3 mins
Sorry, I am new at this. http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=anilina
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32 mins

aniline crayons

The reference is from a paintor. I tried aniline-based crayons (as I think it's what it is) but got no hits. But simply googling images you see this is it. Hope it helps.
Reference:

http://www.arturdesiro.com/Biographie#/Page+Accueil-Contents-Biographie

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14 hrs

Fingerpaint

It's liquid paint safe to use by children. I
Reference:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002VBXL52?pc_redir=1399694311&robot_redir=1

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