Dye molecules based on the xanthene moiety are widely used as fluorescent probes in bioimaging and technological applications due to their large absorption cross-section for visible light and high fluorescence quantum yield. These applications require a clear understanding of the dye's inherent photophysics and the effect of a condensed-phase environment. Here, the gas-phase photophysics of the rose bengal doubly deprotonated dianion [RB - 2H](2-), deprotonated monoanion [RB - H](-), and doubly deprotonated radical anion [RB - 2H](center dot-) is investigated using photodetachment, photoelectron, and dispersed fluorescence action spectroscopies, and tandem ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) coupled with laser excitation. For [RB - 2H](2-), photodetachment action spectroscopy reveals a clear band in the visible (450-580 nm) with vibronic structure. Electron affinity and repulsive Coulomb barrier (RCB) properties of the dianion are characterized using frequency-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, revealing a decreased RCB compared with that of fluorescein dianions due to electron delocalization over halogen atoms. Monoanions [RB - H](-) and [RB 2H](center dot-) differ in nominal mass by 1 Da but are difficult to study individually using action spectroscopies that isolate target ions using low-resolution mass spectrometry. This work shows that the two monoanions are readily distinguished and probed using the IMSphoto-IMS and photo-IMS-photo-IMS strategies, providing distinct but overlapping photodissociation action spectra in the visible spectral range. Gas-phase fluorescence was not detected from photoexcited [RB - 2H](2-) due to rapid electron ejection. However, both [RB - H](-) and [RB - 2H](center dot-) show a weak fluorescence signal. The [RB - H](-) action spectra show a large Stokes shift of similar to 1700cm(-1), while the [RB - 2H](center dot-) action spectra show no appreciable Stokes shift. This difference is explained by considering geometries of the ground and fluorescing states.