Pigments and dyes are both coloring materials but each of them have distinct characteristics and lend colors to the substrate differently. Dyes can be used as a solution as they hold on to the substrate whether it is textiles, wood, hair or food. Pigments are items that are insoluble and need to be blended in binders so that they hold on to the substrate.
Dyes and pigments have evolved tremendously over the years and today their importance is not limited to lending color to various substrates. They have also become a vital constituent of biomedicine and biotechnology industry. Their journey has been a long one beginning with research into devising varied colors and forms that would act as colorants to plastics, textiles, inks and printing, paints and every possible aspect of our daily lives.
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Colours and their various shades form an important aspect of domestic, commercial and industrial world. It is colours that enhance the aesthetic appeal of clothes, homes, food, offices, automobiles, cosmetics, waxes, paints, etc. They can also be used to offer a safety feature. There is great diversity in the demands of the market for colours depending on the area of application.
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The trend of today’s generation is towards focusing greatly on the health and wellness factors in their life. This applies to all aspects of their daily life including apparel and footwear. With respect to their clothing, they would prefer garments that remain fresh and odor-less for longer times. The textile industry capitalizing on this potential opportunity came out with a cutting edge technology that fulfills the desires of the millennial generation of today.
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Dyes and pigments play an important role as colorants in the plastic industry. The beautiful pastel shaded plastic store ware or the vividly coloured plastic containers are all a result of dyes and pigments used in their making. Pigment orange, pigment blue, pigment green; you name it and you have an attractive piece of plastic ware with that colour tint in some store or the other. However, in today’s times the scope of pigments and dyes in plastics are not limited merely to lending hues and shades. They also make an impact on sustainability, processability and compliance.
In a lot of industries, chemical and organic color solutions need to be used. Companies belonging to various sectors including healthcare, FMCG, skincare, retail, and more have to use such colors, pigment solutions and dyes for their manufacturing needs. For your company needs, you have to buy the dye and pigment products from a suitable manufacturer, for sure.
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Who doesn’t want perfect looking nails? All women do and they know that their nails look good when it has a vibrant nail polish applied on it! Nail polish today is adorned to match the woman’s outfit, state her mood and reflect her overall personality. What with the amazing variety available in nail polishes thanks to the beautiful organic pigments and mineral pigments, a woman has a wide array to choose from. She can select from a shiny pigment blue, a refreshing pigment green, a happy pigment yellow or the mysterious purple and many more.
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Colour infuses life and vitality to every day materials and makes them attractive and appealing. The natural burst of colourful flowers and varied hues of green in summer to the contrasting shades of orange and yellow in autumn, the colour in nature makes impressionable prints on our mind. How do we perceive colour? We hardly give it a thought!
Dyes and pigments brighten and add vibrancy to our lives. Though pigments have touched an average individual’s life in every possible way, they form the basis for earning the daily bread and butter for an artist or a painter. Pigments help the artist to create beautiful pictorial visions on canvas which is savoured by each and every other individual.
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Pigments in layman’s terms are materials that possess certain properties that enable them to lend color to other materials. A lot of varieties of pigments can be found in the market what with them having a wide application in almost all spheres of life. However, the properties of each pigment determine the application for which they are most suited and selected.
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