POLYAZO DYE

1. A manganese, nickel, cobalt, chromium, copper or iron complex of a sulfo-containing compound of the general formule I see diagramm : EP0140252,P18,F6 where A is hydrogen, chlorine, methyl or methoxy, X is hydroxyl or amino, Y is hydroxyl or unsubstituted or substituted amino, Z is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, chlorine, hydroxy-sulfonyl or a radical of the formula D-N = N-, R**1 is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, R**2 is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl or aryl, or R**1 and R**2 , together with the nitrogen atom, form a heterocyclic radical, D being a radical of a diazo component from the aniline or aminonaphthalene series, which radical may be substituted by chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, carboxyl, nitro, hydroxysulfonyl, amino, CH3 NH, C2 H5 NH, (CH3 )2 N, (C2 H5 )2 N, see diagramm : EP0140252,P18,F2 see diagramm : EP0140252,P18,F3 see diagramm : EP0140252,P18,F4 arylazo or the radical see diagramm : EP0140252,P18,F5 where R**1 and R**2 have the above meanings.