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Pigment Yellow, Pigment Blue, Pigment Green- To Be Handled with Care by an Artist!

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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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Classification & Selection Criteria of Pigments

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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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Pigments- Types & Properties

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Pigments are the reason for all things colorful! The bright reds of roses, dark blues of your jeans to the cheerful yellow splash in your bedroom are all a result of the existence of pigments. Pigments, by definition are substances that add color to an item. The term is quite often confused with dyes but in reality they can be said to be distant cousins. The main point of difference is that pigments can be dissolved in a liquid with the help of a binder while a dye can dissolve by itself.

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How to choose the best pigments for ink manufacturing?

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Gone are the days when ink dyes meant just black and blue. From pigment blue to pigment green, life is now more colorful with bright colored inks available in the market. Now, what causes ink to be so vibrant and lively? Well, the pigments; these are the life of ink and hence if you want your ink to be popular in the market, you must use the best quality pigments, which are also gradually replacing dyes in ink manufacture process. How to understand which pigment is world class? Any high quality pigment must be:

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Pigments in Paper Industry

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What are Pigments?

Pigments are generally coloured, organic or inorganic solid powder, and usually are insoluble. They are not affected physically or chemically in the substrate in which they are incorporated. Pigments can give a full range of colours. Pigments have a variety of applications that includes plastics, ink, and coating application. They are obtained in a powder form and are mixed with a liquid to be used as a solution for several applications.Pigments have become an indispensable item in almost all the industries today. There is no industry which does not have some role or the other for pigments in today’s times. Pigments impart color to solids and liquids and help to enhance their look many times over.

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Pigment Potential in Textile Industry

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Pigments can be considered as the heart and the soul of the textile industry, although pigments and dyes are used in a most of industries, right from coating to construction and everything in between. However, it is estimated that around 70% of pigments produced are consumed by the textile industry alone.  Thus, textile industry is the primary consumer of pigments.

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