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title: Dyes, inks and colouring — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chemistry
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 27 «Dyes, inks and colouring» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Dyes, inks and colouring

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The 15 questions of lesson 27 «Dyes, inks and colouring» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school with their options, 84 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/t1/) — Mia: "jeans fade cos the blue sinks deep inside the threads". What's true? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/t2/) — Dad, holding a pink shirt: "who put a bloody red sock in with the whites?" What happened? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/t3/) — If you hung your favourite poster in a sunny window for a year, what would happen? — right ✓
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/t4/) — A cartoon king wears purple because "purple was the cheapest dye". What's wrong? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/t5/) — "pigment and dye are the same thing, just colour, innit". What's the difference? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/t6/) — You colour with a black felt-tip and drip water on it, and other colours appear. Why? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/t7/) — Ella's aunt dyes her hair at home without reading the box. What should she have done first? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/t8/) — Ben says food colouring makes red icing taste of strawberries. What's true? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/t9/) — Which is a natural dye? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/t10/) — What would happen if Perkin hadn't had his lucky accident? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/t11/) — "spilt blueberry smoothie on me top, I'll wash it next week". Good plan? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between a dye and a pigment? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/e2/) — Identify the principal cause of the fading of textiles exposed to sunlight. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/e3/) — It is given that William Perkin, in 1856, produced a purple dye. Select the statement consistent with the established facts. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/e4/) — Ascertain the reason for which a white garment acquires a pink colour when laundered with a red sock. — right ✓ · exam

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