Abstract: Effect of various dyes in desalination of sea water was experimented upon. A theoretical model of the deep basin still was also made. Both the experiments and theory matched. It was found that black dye increased the evaporation of sea water by almost 40 % over the control. Dissertation Discovery Company and University of Florida are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, "Analytical and Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Dyes on Solar Distillation" by Anil Kumar Rajvanshi, was obtained from University of Florida and is being sold with permission from the author. A digital copy of this work may also be found in the university's institutional repository, IR@UF. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation.