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Recent experiments have demonstrated that the nature of the applied force can have a significant effect on the distribution of reaction products. This may allow the development of novel stress-responsive materials. In this work, we use first principles dynamics and constrained optimization approaches to investigate the mechanochemical activity of a spiropyran molecule. When a particular bond is broken, the spiropyran changes color. In combination with an understanding of the specific reaction products enhanced by applied forces, this can be exploited to create a mechano-chromophore, which changes color according to the distribution of stress in a polymeric material. Our simulations explore the amount of applied force required to induce bond rupture and the specific mechanism of bond rupture for different directions and magnitude of the applied force. 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