Perylene-3,4:9,10-tetracarboxylic acid 3,4-anhydride-9,10-imides are c
ondensed with primary diamines to a number of new basic chromophores w
ith amidine-imide structures. Lightfast dyes are obtained which exhibi
t a strong fluorescence in solution. The absorption and fluorescence s
pectra of the title compounds are bathochromically shifted compared to
those of the perylene dyes.