The present invention provides a tooth whitening oral care composition comprising: (i) a dye having a blue to blue-violet color with a hue angle in the CIELAB system ranging from 200 to 320 degrees (ii) core shell silica particles, wherein each core shell silica particle comprises a silica core, and a surface of the silica core is etched with metal silicate (iii) an orally acceptable carrier vehicle comprising a non-aqueous solvent and wherein the composition comprises water in an amount of from 3 weight pcnt to 30 weight pcnt .
