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Chris;

With few exception (Erythrosine and Chlorophyll being two I can name OTOMH), emulsion sensitizing dyes have positively charged Nitrogen atoms in them.

See attached. There is a resonance plus charge carried by one of the Nitrogens as the electrons resonate. Compare with Rhodamine.

PE

Ok Ron, here is rhodamine 6G and B's structure. And I included the one you posted, which is....? Are those just "cyanines"?

This is a completely foreign language to me, but I'd like to learn it. What do you call these kinds of diagrams?