Every day, we interact with a variety of paper products, from notebooks and newspapers to packaging and fine arts. The visual appeal of these paper products is often enhanced through the use of colours, but have we ever paused to ponder how these colours make their way onto the paper? The magic behind these vibrant hues lies in the world of pigments, actually in Pigment Paste for writing printing paper.
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Vibrant, colorful textiles have indeed made our world a brighter place to live in. Most of us will be aware that the existence of these colorful textiles has been made possible through the usage of textile dyes. The dyes seep into the cloth changing it chemically and causing the color to remain there permanently in spite of continuous use.
A host of variety exists in the type of colorants used in several commercial applications such as food, drugs, cosmetics, textiles, inks, plastic industries and others. Pigment preparations, lake colours and dyes that go into these sectors as important coloring components are of the highest quality. All pigment and dye manufacturers including Phthalocyanine pigments manufacturers who contribute some of the best shine and gloss endowed pigments have to adhere strictly to the quality standards laid by their relevant authorities.
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Dyes and pigments are two colorant types that have made a great impact in each and every aspect of our life. Pigments are used in a host of applications ranging from paints, inks, plastics, textiles, automotive, military and hordes of other areas. Ease of application of these pigments is determined by pigment preparations.
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Dyes are extensively used for coloring and there are many places of their applications. Right from the colors on your t-shirts and garments to the color in your foods – dyes and pigments are significantly used. When talking of pigments, there are organic pigments and inorganic pigments available in the market. Both varieties are used in different industries and come with their own set of pros and cons.
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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.
Formation of perfect paint with perfect viscosity, spreading capacity, stability and achievement of perfect color shade has to go through a proper system. Lack of quality or perfection in any of the step of formation of perfect paint can give you undesired results. Like other steps, use of good quality dispersant in perfect quantity is very important in formation of paint.
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Pigments are an inseparable part of human civilization. We all are surrounded by pigments in every sphere of life. Whether it is clothes we wear, food we eat, cosmetics we use, paint we do on our houses, books or magazines we read, computer on which we work and the list is endless in which pigments show their presence to add color and brightness in our lives. The category of the pigment can be natural, synthetic, organic, and inorganic and so on but presence of a pigment is a must.
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Colors and dyes make a world of difference to products by making them look colorful, glossy, and attractive enough to be purchased. If most of the products had been kept the way they were manufactured initially not many would have flown off the shelves. The color industry and its various methods are as variegated as the many shades available. What is amazing is the amount of care and caution taken to produce each shade. But then the method of applying is different, depending on the material that is being painted.