Paper, 'On some new colouring matters' by Arthur H [Herbert] Church and William H [Henry] Perkin Church and Perkin share details of a new substance they have named 'nitrosophenyline', which they observe produces a crimson colour. Subject: Chemistry Received 5 February 1836. This paper was published in full in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On some new colouring matters'. 1856