 Rutsvuku rweCongo rakatanga kugadzirwa muna 1883 naPaul Böttiger, uyo akanga ashanda paFriedrich Bayer Company muElberfeld, Germany. Akanga achitsvaka dhayi dzemavara dzisingadi kuti munhu adye. Kambani yacho yakanga isingafariri ruvara rutsvuku rwakajeka urwu, saka akaisa patent yacho muzita rake amene ndokuitengesa kukambani yeAGFA yeBerlin. AGFA yakatengesa dhayi yacho pasi pezita rokuti Congo red, zita raifadza vanhu muGermany panguva yemusangano weBerlin West Africa Conference muna 1884, chiitiko chinokosha muKutsika kweAfrica. Dhayi yacho yakanga iri budiriro huru yezvokutengeserana yeAGFA. Mumakore akatevera, nokuda kwechikonzero chimwe chetecho, mamwe madhayi akatengeswa achishandisa zita rokuti Congo: Congo rubine, Congo corinth, brilliant Congo, Congo orange, Congo brown, uye Congo blue. Yaimbova inokosha mune zvoupfumi, tsvuku yeCongo yave isingachashandiswi sezvakaita dhayi dzose dzinobva mubenzidine, nemhaka yebasa radzo rinokonzera kenza. 