Which pigments work best for water-based architectural paints?

For water-based architectural paints, choose surface-treated pigment grades engineered for clean dispersion in waterborne acrylic and PVA binder systems. Recommended: Pigment Yellow 74 (PY74), Pigment Yellow 83 (PY83), Pigment Yellow 154 (PY154), Pigment Red 112 (PR112), Pigment Red 122 (PR122 quinacridone), Pigment Blue 15:3 (PB15:3), and Pigment Green 7 (PG7). These deliver strong opacity, fast dispersion, and 5+ years exterior color retention.

What pigments are used in automotive refinish paints?

Automotive refinish paints require maximum lightfastness (Blue Wool 8) and chemical resistance. Premium choices: PY154 (benzimidazolone yellow), PY110 (isoindoline yellow), PR122 (quinacridone magenta), PR202 (quinacridone red), PR254 (DPP red), PB15:3, PG36, and Pearl effect pigments. All grades validated for solvent-borne basecoats, clearcoats, and metallic/pearl finishes with 10+ years outdoor durability.

Which pigments are suitable for HDPE pipe and bottle masterbatch?

HDPE pipe and bottle masterbatch needs heat stability up to 240°C and excellent dispersion. Validated grades: PY83 (diarylide HR), PY154 (benzimidazolone), PY155 (disazo), PR122 (quinacridone), PR254 (DPP), PB15:1 (alpha phthalocyanine), PB15:3, and PG7. For potable water HDPE pipes, additional NSF or food-contact certifications may be required.

What pigments handle the 300°C processing temperature of engineering plastics?

Engineering plastics like polycarbonate, PET, ABS, and polyamide processed at 280-300°C need premium heat-stable grades: PY110, PY139, PY154, PY155, PY192, PR122, PR202, PR254, PR242, PB15:1, PB15:3, PG7, and PG36. Standard azo pigments like PY3, PY14, PY74 will decompose at these temperatures and cause specks or color shift.

Which pigments are best for printing ink formulations?

Process colors for offset and flexo: cyan PB15:3, magenta PR57:1 (or PR122 for premium magenta), yellow PY12/PY13/PY14/PY83, black carbon. Spot colors: PY3, PY74, PR48:1, PR48:2, PR53:1, PG7. Choose dry powder grades for solvent-borne inks; flushed pigments for water-based and gravure inks. Surface-treated grades give better resistance to over-printing solvents.

Which pigments work for textile pigment printing?

Textile pigment printing on cotton, polyester, and blends typically uses PY74, PY83, PY154, PR48:2, PR112, PR170, PR122, PB15:3, PG7. Wash fastness depends primarily on the binder cure quality. Surface-treated grades give better dispersion in textile binder pastes. For skin-contact textiles, only use grades certified free from the 24 banned aromatic amines.

What pigments work in rubber and elastomer compounds?

Rubber compounds (natural rubber, EPDM, NBR, silicone) need bleed-resistant pigments stable at 160-180°C vulcanization temperatures. Validated: PY83, PY154, PR48:1, PR48:2, PR170, PB15:3, PG7. Avoid pigments that interfere with sulfur vulcanization. Surface-treated grades disperse better in rubber matrices than untreated. Used in automotive seals, conveyor belts, footwear, and industrial rubber goods.

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Where Our Pigments Perform

Shade drift between batches. Pigment burning out at 300°C. Outdoor coatings fading within months. Bleeding into adjacent layers. Each grade in our portfolio is engineered to eliminate the failure modes formulators face every day, from high-dispersion water-based coatings to heat-stable masterbatches for engineering plastics. Our technical team will recommend the right grade for your binder system, processing conditions and performance targets.

Paints & Coatings

Surface-treated pigment grades engineered for both water-based and solvent-borne systems, delivering superior dispersion, excellent hiding power and proven resistance to flocculation and settling. Specified by formulators in architectural paint, industrial maintenance coatings, automotive refinish, powder coatings and high-build protective systems.

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Plastics & Polymers

Heat-stable grades validated for processing temperatures up to 300°C and engineered for injection moulding, extrusion, blow moulding and film applications. Compatible with HDPE, PP, PVC, PET, ABS and engineering polymers, with proven masterbatch performance and minimal impact on mechanical properties.

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Printing Inks

Available in dry powder and flushed forms, our ink-grade pigments deliver high tinctorial strength, well-controlled rheological behaviour and proven resistance to over-printing solvents. Specified for offset, flexographic, gravure and screen printing applications on paper, board and packaging films.

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Textiles

Pigment grades formulated for textile printing and dyeing applications, with vivid shade development, strong wash fastness and full compatibility with standard binder systems. Validated for flat-screen, rotary-screen and digital textile printing on cotton, polyester and blended fabrics.

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Rubber & Elastomers

Bleed-resistant, heat-stable pigment grades engineered for rubber compounding and validated across natural rubber, EPDM, NBR and silicone formulations. Excellent dispersion in rubber matrices with no effect on vulcanisation kinetics. Specified for automotive seals, conveyor belts, footwear and industrial rubber goods.

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Construction Materials

Alkali-resistant, UV-durable pigment grades engineered for cement, concrete, paving blocks, roof tiles and fibre-cement products. Highly compatible with Portland cement matrices and validated for consistent shade reproduction across large-volume construction and infrastructure projects.

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Powder Coatings

Ultra-fine, thermally stable pigment grades formulated for dry powder coating systems and qualified across epoxy, polyester and hybrid resin systems. Delivers consistent colour development, excellent flow and proven gloss retention in cured films, specified for architectural aluminium, appliances and industrial metal finishing.

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Specialty Applications

Custom pigment grades for leather finishing, paper tinting, wax colouring, shoe polish, soaps and specialty chemical formulations. Our R&D team develops application-specific grades on request, with surface treatments tailored to your binder system and processing conditions.

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Our technical team provides formulation guidance and qualified evaluation samples on request. Share your binder system, processing conditions and performance targets, and we will recommend the optimal grade.

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