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Pigments for Printing Inks

Compare pigments for solvent-based and water-based printing ink systems.

Products are filtered from the source table by printing ink application and grouped by pigment family.

Iron Blue

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Blue 27	160°C	5	Reddish,Easily Disperse,High Hiding Power	●		●

Lemon Chrome Yellow

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Yellow 34 (Lemon Chrome Yellow)	180°C	5	High Hiding Power,Light Resistance	●	○	●	○	●	●

Medium Chrome Yellow

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Yellow 34 (Chrome Yellow)	180°C	5	High Hiding Power,Light Resistance	●	○	●	○	●	●

Molybdate Red

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Red 104 （Molybdate Red）	180°C	5	High Hiding Power,High Color Strength,Easily Disperse	●	○	●	○	○	●

Pigment blue

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Blue 15:0	200°C	7	Reddish,High Color Strength,Easily Disperse	○	○		○		●
Pigment Blue 15:1	260°C	7	Reddish,Transparent,High Color Strength	●	○			○	○
Pigment Blue 15:3	260°C	7	Reddish,Semi-Transparent,High Color Strength	○	●			●	○
Pigment Blue 15:4	260°C	7	Reddish,Transparent,High Glossy	○		●	●	○	●
Pigment Blue 60	300°C	8	Reddish,High Transparent,Non-Migration	○		●	●	●	●

Pigment green

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Green 7	220°C	7	Yellowish,Opaque,Easily Disperse	○	●	○	●	●	●

Pigment orange

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Orange 13	180°C	5	Yellowish,Opaque,High Color Strength	○	●	●	●	○	●
Pigment Orange 16	200°C	4	Yellowish,High Color Strength,Semi-Transparent		●	●	●	○	○
Pigment Orange 34	200°C	6	Yellowish,High Color Strength,Low Viscosity		●		●	○	●
Pigment Orange 36	280°C	7	Reddish,Semi-Transparent,High Color Strength	●	●	●	●	●	●
Pigment Orange 5	200°C	7	Reddish,High Hiding Power	○	●	○	●	●	●
Pigment Orange 64	300°C	8	Yellowish,Semi-Transparent,Migration Resistance	●	●	●	○	●	●

Pigment purple

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Violet 1	140°C	5	Yellowish,High Glossy	●	○		●
Pigment Violet 19	300°C	8	High Transparent,Easily Disperse	●		●	●		●
Pigment Violet 23	300°C	8	Reddish,Transparent,High Glossy	●	●	●	●	●	●
Pigment Violet 27	280°C	5	Reddish,High Color Strength,Low Viscosity,High Glossy	●	●		●
Pigment Violet 3	120°C	5	Bluish,High Glossy,High Color Strength,Transparent	●	●		●

Pigment red

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Red 112	180°C	6	Yellowish,Easily Disperse	○	●	●	●	●	○
Pigment Red 122	300°C	8	Bluish,High Color Strength,Easily Disperse	○	○	●	●	●	●
Pigment Red 146	160°C	5	Yellowish,Semi-Transparent,High Color Strength	○	●	○	●	○
Pigment Red 170 (Red F3RK)	200°C	6	Yellowish,High Color Strength,Easily Disperse	●	●	●	●	●	●
Pigment Red 170 (Red F5RK)	200°C	6	Bluish,Opaque,High Color Strength	●	●	●	●	●	●
Pigment Red 176	250°C	8	Bluish,Non-Migration	●	●	●	●	●	●
Pigment Red 177	280°C	8	Bluish,High Transparent	●	●	●	●	●	●
Pigment Red 2	140°C	5	Yellowish,High Color Strength,Easily Disperse	○	●
Pigment Red 21	180°C	7	Yellowish,High Color Strength,Easily Disperse	●		●	●	○	●
Pigment Red 22	160°C	5	Bluish,Semi-Transparent,Easily Disperse		●		●
Pigment Red 23	150°C	5	Bluish,High Glossy,High Color Strength	○	●	○	●
Pigment Red 254	300°C	8	General,High Color Strength,Easily Disperse	●	●	●	●	●	●
Pigment Red 266	200°C	6	Semi-Transparent,Low Viscosity	○	●	●	●	●	○
Pigment Red 31	160°C	7	Bluish,Transparent,High Color Strength		●		●
Pigment Red 48:1	180°C	5	Yellowish,High Color Strength,Semi-Transparent	●	●		○	○	●
Pigment Red 48:2	200°C	5	Bluish,Transparent,Easily Disperse	●	○		○		●
Pigment Red 48:3	200°C	5	Yellowish,Semi-Transparent,High Color Strength	●		●	●	●	●
Pigment Red 48:4	180°C	6	Bluish,High Color Strength	○	○	●		●	●
Pigment Red 49:1	160°C	5	Bluish,Transparent	●	●		○	○
Pigment Red 53:1	200°C	4	Yellowish,Semi-Transparent,High Color Strength	○	●	○		○	●
Pigment Red 57:1	160°C	5	Yellowish,Low Viscosity,Transparent	●	○		○		●
Pigment Red 63:1	180°C	4	Bluish,Semi-Transparent	○		●		○	●
Pigment Red 8	150°C	5	Bluish,Transparent,Easily Disperse	○	●	●	●
Pigment Red 81	150°C	5	Yellowish,High Glossy,High Transparent	○	●		●

Pigment yellow

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Yellow 1	160°C	7	Opaque,High Color Strength		●	●	●	○
Pigment Yellow 110	300°C	8	Reddish,High Color Strength,Easily Disperse	●	○	●	●	●	●
Pigment Yellow 12	180°C	4	Greenish,Transparent,High Color Strength	●	●	○	●		●
Pigment Yellow 13	200°C	5	Greenish,High Transparent	○	●	○	●	○	●
Pigment Yellow 139	250°C	7	Reddish,Easily Disperse	○	○	●	●	●	○
Pigment Yellow 14	180°C	4	Reddish,Opaque,High Color Strength	○	●	○	●	○	●
Pigment Yellow 150	320°C	8	Greenish,Transparent,High Color Strength	○	●	○	●	●	●
Pigment Yellow 151	250°C	8	Greenish,High Color Strength	○	○	●	●	●	●
Pigment Yellow 154	250°C	8	Reddish,High Color Strength	○	○	●	○	●	●
Pigment Yellow 168	260°C	7	Greenish,Semi-Transparent,Easily Disperse	○	●	○	●		●
Pigment Yellow 17	180°C	5	Greenish,High Color Strength	●	○		○		●
Pigment Yellow 174	220°C	4	High Color Strength,High Flow	●	○	○	○		●
Pigment Yellow 180	290°C	7	Greenish,High Opaque	●	○	●	○	●	●
Pigment Yellow 183	300°C	5	Reddish,High Color Strength,Easily Disperse	○	○	○	○		●
Pigment Yellow 191	300°C	5	Greenish,High Color Strength,Easily Disperse	○	○	○	○		●
Pigment Yellow 3	160°C	7	Opaque,High Color Strength		●	●	●	○
Pigment Yellow 62	260°C	5	Greenish,High Color,Easily Disperse	○	○		○	○	●
Pigment Yellow 65	150°C	5	Reddish,Easily Disperse		●	○	●	○
Pigment Yellow 74 (Yellow 2GX)	160°C	6	Greenish,High Opaque		○	●	●
Pigment Yellow 74（Yellow 5GX）	160°C	6	Greenish,Semi-Transparent		○	●	●
Pigment Yellow 81	250°C	5	Greenish,High Color Strength,High Hiding Power	○	●	○	●	○	●
Pigment Yellow 83 (Yellow HR)	220°C	7	Reddish,Transparent,Easily Disperse	○	●	○	○	●	●
Pigment Yellow 83 (Yellow HR02)	220°C	7	Greenish,Semi-Transparent,Non-Migration	○	●	○	○	●	●
Pigment Yellow 83 (Yellow HR70)	220°C	7	Greenish,High Hiding Power	○	○	○	●	●	○

Strontium Chrome Yellow

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Yellow 32	180°C	5	Corrosion Resistant,High Glossy			●

Ultramarine

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Blue 29	300°C	8	High Glossy,Semi-Transparent	●		●		●	●

Zinc Chrome Yellow

● Recommended○ Suggested use

Product	Heat Resistance	Light Fastness	Product Speciality	Solvent-base inks	Water-base inks	Solvent-base coatings	Water-base coatings	Powder coating	Plastics
Pigment Yellow 36	180°C	6	Corrosion Resistant,Semi-Transparent	○		●

Do the tables separate solvent-based and water-based inks?

Yes. The product table displays suitability for solvent-base inks and water-base inks separately.

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