Pigments are used in a wide variety of segments from the designs on your clothes to the colour of your shoes and bedsheets. But it is not complete yet, pigments are also used to color building material such as vinyl and brick cladding, plastic, medicine, cosmetic, the books and magazines we read, even the food we eat.
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Pigments and dyes are two colorants responsible for making our world so bright and colorful. Though the function of both is the same they differ in their properties and features. The main point of difference arises from their solubility feature. Putting it simply, if a color imparting material dissolves in a liquid like how sugar does in water then the material is called a dye. Pigments are color imparting powders that are not soluble in the liquid in which they are mixed.
Continue reading Pigments for Plastics; Pigments for Paints!
Paints have been present since ancient times but they began to be commonly used only since the nineteenth century. Today, paints not only lend color to several applications but also offer protection to surfaces on which they are used. In addition to painting houses, paints are used to give color to automobiles, underground storage vessels, road markings, ships and many more items.