<p>The present invention concerns laundry shading dye compositions, comprising from 0.00005 to 0.2 wt.% of a spray dried granule comprising:
(i) 20 to 90 wt.% of a blue or violet shading dye;
(ii) 1 to 20 wt.% of carboxylic acid containing polymer;
(iii) 0 to 60 wt.% of an alkali metal salt selected from sodium sulphate and sodium chloride.</p>