Dyes Used
Some dyes required in some countries are listed here:
| Country | Fuel | Dye |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Regular Unleaded Petrol | purple/bronze (Changing to red/orange in 2013) |
| Premium Unleaded Petrol | yellow | |
| Austria | Heating oil | any red dye |
| Canada | Agricultural Fuel | red/purple dye |
| Heating oil | any red dye | |
| Finland | Heating oil | Furfural and Solvent Yellow 124 |
| Diesel for construction and agriculture | Furfural and Solvent Yellow 124 | |
| France | diesel | Solvent Red 24 |
| Marine diesel | Solvent Blue 35 | |
| Estonia | Heating oil | Automate Red NR or similar + Solvent Yellow 124 |
| Agricultural diesel | Automate Blue 8 GHF or similar + Solvent Yellow 124 | |
| Germany | Heating oil | Solvent Yellow 124 and similar |
| Greece | Heating oil | any red dye |
| Marine diesel | any black dye | |
| Ireland | diesel | green dye |
| Paraffin | Solvent Red 19 and similar | |
| Italy | Heating oil | Solvent Red 161 |
| diesel | Solvent Green 32 or 33 | |
| Netherlands | Agricultural diesel | any red dye and the additive Furfural |
| Norway | Agricultural diesel | any green dye |
| Portugal | Agricultural diesel | Solvent Blue 35 |
| Heating oil | Solvent Red 19 and similar | |
| Spain | Agricultural diesel | any red dye |
| Heating oil | any blue dye | |
| Sweden | Heating oil | Solvent Blue 35, Solvent Blue 79, Solvent Blue 98 |
| Thailand | Gasoline 95 | yellow dye |
| Gasoline 91 | red dye | |
| United Kingdom | diesel ("Red Diesel") | Solvent Red 24, quinizarin |
| Rebated Paraffin | Coumarin | |
| Europe | many rebated | Solvent Yellow 124 ("Euromarker") |
| United States | low-tax fuels, high-sulfur fuels | Solvent Red 26, Solvent Red 164 |
| Worldwide | Aviation gasoline 80/87 | red dye |
| Aviation gasoline 82UL | purple dye | |
| Aviation gasoline 100LL | blue dye | |
| Aviation gasoline 100/130 | green dye |
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