was synthesized as described in scheme 1. The synthesis of the NHC-gold complex was not straightforward and different approaches were tested (weak base approach, via free carbene, NHC-Ag as NHC transfer reagent) and only the latter approach turned out to be successful. The NHC-Ag complex was in-situ generated from the imidazolium salt using Ag2O and used directly used for the reaction with [AuCl(Me2S)]. The conversion appears to be near quantitative, but due to the small scale on which the synthesis was done, the isolated yield of pure material is only 55%. To form a triad involving three different components each molecule requires an individual fluorescent tag and the FRET conditions need to be fulfilled to enable the efficient blue  green  red energy transfer. The green/red dyad has already been established and the next step is to extend the established dyad by a third dye to a triad. To retain the emission of the triad in the visible region of the spectrum, the third dye should be on the short-wave side of the established dyad. Meso-amino substituted Bodipy constitute a synthetically variable and easily available group of fluorophores, which display absorption/emission properties in the 400 -450 nm region and which appear to be suitable for a Bodipy triad. In order to select the most appropriate dye the absorption and emission spectra of four different amino-Bodipy B1, B2, B3 and B4 were measured (scheme 7). The initial aim of the selection process was to find a blue Bodipy with a suitable excitation spectrum with minimal cross-talk concerning the green dye G1, which serves as a simple model compound for the green complexes synthesized.