Did They Have Hair Dye In The 1800s?
Did They Have Hair Dye In The 1800s? Did they have hair dye in the 1800s? 1800s. Not much changed until the 1800s, when English chemist William Henry Perkin made an accidental discovery that changed hair dye forever. In an attempt to generate a cure for malaria, Perkins created the first synthesized dye in 1863.