Patent Interference No. 103,548 composition containing the salt in a medium appropriate for dyeing, the composition (B) being applied before or after the application of the composition (B) being applied before or after the application of the composition (A); and (vii) a quinone derivative comprising an ortho- or para- benzoquinone, an ortho- or para-benzoquinone monoimine or diimine, a 1,2- or1,4- naphthoquinone, an ortho- or para-benzoquinone sulphonimide, ",T- alkylenebis-1,4-benzoquinone or a 1,2- or 1,4-naphthoquinone monoimine or diimine, the 5,6-dihydroxyindoline of formula (I) and the quinone derivative being selected such that the difference in redox potential )E between the redox potential E1 of the 5,6-dihydroxyindoline of formula (I) determined at pH 7 in a phosphate medium on a vitreous carbon electrode by means of voltammetry and the redox potential E.sub.q of the quinone derivative determined at pH 7 in a phosphate medium by polarography on a mercury electrode relative to the saturated calomel electrode such that: )E = Ei - Eq # 320 millivolts; the composition (B) being applied before or after the application of the composition (A). 10. A method according to claim 9, wherein composition (A) in combination with iodide ions is applied to the keratinous fibres, the application of the composition (A) being preceded or followed by the application of the composition (B) which contains hydrogen peroxide in a medium appropriate for dyeing. 11. A method according to claim 9, wherein at least one composition (A) in combination with hydrogen peroxide and having a pH of between 2 and 7 is applied to the keratinous fibres, the application of the composition (A) being preceded or followed by the application of the composition (B) which contains iodide ions in a medium appropriate for dyeing. 12. A method according to claim 10, wherein the iodide ions are present in the composition (A) or (B) in a proportion of between 0.007 and 4% by weight, expressed as I-ions, relative to the total weight of the composition (A) or (B). 13. A method according to claim 9, wherein composition (A) is applied to the keratinous fibres and an acid aqueous composition (B) is then applied, the composition (A) or the composition (B) containing at least one nitrite comprising alkali metal nitrite, alkaline-earth metal nitrite or ammonium nitrite or the nitrite of any other cosmetically acceptable cation, an organic nitrite derivative or a nitrite vector generating a nitrite of the type define above. 14. A method according to claim 13, wherein the nitrite is present in a proportion of between 0.02 and 1 mole/liter.Page: Previous 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007