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Acenaphthene-dye
Acenaphthene dyes are organic dyes known for their deep, rich hues in the red, orange, and brown ranges. They offer good lightfastness and high resistance to chemical and weathering influences. These dyes are characterized by good thermal stability and maintain their color over extended periods. Acenaphthene dyes are used in the coloring of plastics, printing inks, and textiles, particularly in areas where strong and long-lasting color effects are required. They are often employed in specialty applications where high color strength and durability are essential.
Amino ketone dye
Aminoketone dyes are organic dyes that contain both an amino and a ketone group in their structure. They offer intense colors and are characterized by good light fastness, high color strength, and chemical stability. These dyes are used in printing inks, paints, plastics, and textiles, particularly where strong color representation and high resistance to environmental influences are required.
Anthraquinone dye
Anthraquinone dyes are organic dyes known for their intense blue, red, and violet hues. They are characterized by excellent light fastness, high chemical stability, and good weather resistance. These dyes are primarily used in printing inks, paints, plastics, and the textile industry, especially for products that require long-lasting colors and high resistance to external influences.
Anthraquinone pigment
Anthraquinone pigments are organic dyes known for their deep, vibrant colors, often in blue, red, and violet. They are characterized by excellent light fastness, high chemical stability, and weather resistance. These pigments are primarily used in printing inks, paints, plastics, and textiles, especially for products that require long-lasting color brilliance and high durability.
Anthrapyridone dye
Anthrapyridone dyes are organic dyes derived from the anthrapyridone structure, known for their deep, intense colors, particularly in red shades. They offer excellent lightfastness, good resistance to weathering, and high chemical stability. These dyes are characterized by their intense color effects and good applicability in various fields.
Anthrapyridone dyes are primarily used in the textile and plastics industries, in printing inks, and in synthetic resins. They are especially suitable for products that require long-lasting, brilliant color effects and high resistance to external influences.
Azine dye
Azin dyes are synthetic organic dyes characterized by their azo structure. They offer vibrant colors and are known for their good light and weather fastness, as well as chemical stability. Azin dyes are primarily used in printing inks, paints, plastics, and the textile industry, especially for products that require intense coloration and high durability.
Azo Dye Metal Complex
Azofunctional metal complex dyes are dyes complexed with metal ions, which give them high stability and intense color strength. They are particularly light- and temperature-resistant, as well as chemically stable. These dyes are mainly used in the textile industry, printing inks, and plastics, but are also found in the food industry and cosmetics production.
Azomethine pigment
Azomethine pigments belong to a group of dyes characterized by the azomethine group (-CH=N-). They offer vibrant colors and are known for good lightfastness and high color strength. These pigments are used in printing inks, plastics, coatings, and textiles, particularly for products that require intense hues and lasting colors.
Benzimidazolone pigment
Benzimidazolone pigments belong to the group of organic pigments with high chemical and thermal stability. They offer excellent light, weather, and solvent resistance, as well as a wide color range from yellow to red. They are very color-strong and durable. These pigments are preferably used in high-quality coatings, automotive paints, plastics, and printing inks—especially where longevity and color intensity are required, including for outdoor applications.
Cerium sulfide pigment
Cerium sulfide pigments are inorganic dyes based on cerium sulfide compounds, known for their intense yellow to orange hues. They are characterized by excellent light and weather resistance, high thermal stability, and exceptional resistance to chemical influences. Due to these robust properties, cerium sulfide pigments are used in the coloring of plastics, coatings, ceramic materials, and in the production of high-performance coatings. These pigments are particularly used in applications where long-lasting color brilliance and durability under extreme conditions are required.
Quinacridone pigment
Chinacridone pigments are synthetic organic dyes known for their intense red hues. They are characterized by high light fastness and good chemical stability. These pigments are used in printing inks, plastics, paints, and the textile industry, particularly for products that require durable, vibrant colors.
Quinoline-dye
Quinoline dyes are organic dyes derived from quinoline compounds, known for their intense yellow to orange shades. They are characterized by good lightfastness and satisfactory resistance to weathering. These dyes offer moderate chemical stability and are popular in many applications where vibrant, warm hues are desired. Quinoline dyes are commonly used in textile dyeing, inks, plastics, and the food industry. They are particularly employed in situations where vivid, but less permanent, color effects are required.
Quinophthalone pigment
Chinophthalon pigments are inorganic dyes known for their intense blue to green shades. They offer excellent lightfastness, high chemical stability, and outstanding resistance to weathering. These pigments are highly color-intensive and are characterized by strong opacity. Due to their robust properties, chinophthalon pigments are primarily used in the automotive industry, in printing inks, plastics, coatings, and paints, where durable and resilient colors are required. They provide long-lasting color brilliance and are often used for products exposed to special external influences.
Coumarin-dye
Coumarin dyes are organic dyes derived from the chemical compound coumarin or its derivatives, known for their vibrant yellow to green hues. They are characterized by good color strength and a high fluorescent effect, especially under UV light. These dyes offer moderate lightfastness, but their resistance to weathering and chemicals is often lower compared to other dyes.
Coumarin dyes are commonly used in the textile industry, for the production of fluorescent markings, in plastics, as well as in cosmetic products and perfumes, due to their attractive, bright coloration and special optical properties. They are also used in the creation of security prints and in specific artistic applications.
Diketopyrrolopyrrol pigment
Diketopyrrolopyrrol pigments (DPP) are organic dyes known for their intense red and brown hues. They offer excellent light fastness, high color strength, and good chemical stability. These pigments are used in printing inks, plastics, paints, and textiles, particularly in areas that require long-lasting color stability and weather resistance.
Dioxazine-pigment
Dioxazine pigments are high-performance organic dyes valued for their deep, intense violet to blue shades. They offer exceptionally high color strength, outstanding light and weather fastness, as well as excellent resistance to solvents and chemicals. Thanks to their brilliant color effects and stability, dioxazine pigments are widely used in high-quality printing inks, artists’ paints, plastics, and automotive coatings—wherever maximum color intensity and long-term durability are required.
Disazo dye
Disazo dyes contain two azo groups (-N=N-) and are among the most important classes of synthetic dyes. They display intense colors (often red, blue, or black hues), are water-soluble, and have a high color depth. Compared to pigments, they are generally less light- and wash-resistant. Disazo dyes are primarily used in the textile industry, especially for cotton and other cellulose fibers. They are also used in inks, leather dyeing, and paper dyeing, where good color brilliance and acceptable durability are required.
Disazo condensation pigment
Disazo condensation pigments consist of two azo groups linked by a condensation reaction. They offer intense colors and are known for their high light fastness and good weather resistance. These pigments are primarily used in paints, plastics, printing inks, and the textile industry, especially for products that require strong, long-lasting color display.
Disazo pigment
Disazo-Pigments are characterized by high color strength, excellent light and weather fastness, as well as good chemical stability. The colors range from yellow to orange, red, and brown. Disazo pigments are commonly used in high-quality paints, plastics, printing inks, and textile coatings. They are particularly suitable for outdoor applications, where high resistance to light and weather is required.
Heterocyclic-pigment
Heterocyclic pigments are inorganic or organic dyes based on heterocyclic compounds—molecules that contain one or more elements outside of carbon in their ring structure, such as nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur. These pigments are characterized by high color intensity, excellent light and weather fastness, as well as good chemical stability.
Depending on their chemical structure and the elements used, heterocyclic pigments offer a wide range of colors, from vibrant yellow and green shades to blue and red tones. They are primarily used in the coloring of plastics, coatings, printing inks, and textiles, particularly in areas that require long-lasting and stable color effects. Their versatility and high durability make them a preferred choice for industrial applications that demand high color longevity.
Isoindolinon pigment
Isoindolinone pigments are organic dyes known for their intense yellow, orange, and red hues. They offer excellent light fastness, high color strength, and good chemical stability. These pigments are used in printing inks, paints, plastics, and the textile industry, especially for products that require long-lasting color fastness and resistance to environmental influences.
Metal Complex pigment
Metal complex pigments are specialized organic dyes that are stabilized through complexation with metal ions, resulting in enhanced properties. They offer rich, earthy colors—often in shades of brown, green, and blue—and are characterized by excellent light and weather fastness, high heat resistance, and good solvent fastness. Due to their stability and color intensity, metal complex pigments are primarily used in wood stains, printing inks, textiles, and technical coatings—especially where durable and resilient color solutions are required.
Metal Complex Dyes
We offer a comprehensive range of metal complex dyes. Color adjustments according to customer requirements and in special solvents are also possible.
Methine dye
Methine dyes are organic dyes known for their bright, often yellow to red hues. They are based on a conjugated system of methine groups, which allows for intense color effects. Methine dyes exhibit good color brilliance and high absorbance, but are generally less light- and weather-resistant than other high-performance dyes. Due to their vibrant colors, they are primarily used in textiles, inks, cosmetics, and optical applications, where short-term color effects or specific optical properties are the focus.
Monoazo dye
They offer bright colors—usually in yellow, orange, or red hues—and are cost-effective to produce. However, their resistance to light, washing, and chemicals is often limited. Ideal for textiles (especially cotton), paper dyeing, inks, and leather. Particularly suitable for indoor applications or products with a shorter lifespan, where color brilliance is more important than extreme durability.
Monoazo pigment
Monoazo-Pigments are usually yellow to red in color and are known for their good color brilliance and ease of manufacture. However, they are often less light- and weather-resistant than more complex pigment types. Monoazo pigments are particularly suitable for indoor applications such as printing inks, packaging, and paper coatings. They are also commonly used in less demanding plastic applications.
Naphthalene anhydride dye
Naphthalene anhydride dyes are synthetic dyes based on the naphthalene anhydride structure. They offer intense colors, particularly in red and violet shades, and are characterized by good light fastness, high color strength, and chemical stability. These dyes are primarily used in printing inks, paints, plastics, and the textile industry, especially where long-lasting color brilliance and high resistance to weather influences are required.
Perinone dye
Perinone dyes are organic dyes known for their vibrant orange to red shades. They are characterized by high color strength, excellent lightfastness, and good resistance to weathering. These dyes also offer remarkable chemical stability and are resistant to many solvents. Due to their intense color effects and robust properties, perinone dyes are used in the textile and plastics industries, in printing inks, and in plastic coloring, particularly in areas where long-lasting and brilliant color results are required.
Perinone pigment
Perinon pigments are high-performance organic pigments. They are characterized by excellent light and weather fastness, very good heat resistance, and an intense, brilliant red to orange color. They are also highly resistant to solvents and chemicals. Perfect for demanding applications such as automotive paints, industrial coatings, high-performance plastics, and printing inks. Their durability and color strength make them ideal for outdoor applications and long-lasting products.
Perylene pigment
Perylene pigments are organic dyes known for their intense red and brown hues. They offer excellent light fastness and chemical stability. Perylene pigments are used in printing inks, paints, plastics, and the textile industry, particularly for products that require high resistance to UV radiation and external influences.
Perylene dye
Perylene dyes are organic compounds known for their intense red and brown hues. They are characterized by excellent light fastness, weather resistance, and chemical stability. These dyes are used in printing inks, paints, plastics, and the textile industry, especially where high demands for color stability and resistance to environmental influences are required.
Phthalein dye
Phthalein dyes are known for their ability to change color depending on the pH level (e.g., from colorless to pink or blue). They are well-soluble in organic solvents and exhibit stable colors but may fade under extreme pH levels or light conditions. They are primarily used as pH indicators in chemical analyses and are also applied in plastics, paints, and occasionally in textile dyeing.
Phthalocyanine-pigment
Phthalocyanine pigments are synthetic, inorganic dyes based on phthalocyanine molecules, known for their intense blue and green shades. These pigments are characterized by exceptional lightfastness, high chemical stability, and excellent resistance to weathering. They also have high color strength and excellent opacity.
Phthalocyanine pigments are particularly robust and retain their color intensity even under extreme conditions. Due to these properties, they are widely used in the printing ink industry, in plastics, coatings, paints, and textiles—especially for products that require long-lasting, brilliant color effects and high resistance to external influences. They are particularly common in areas that demand high durability and color fidelity, such as in the automotive industry or in the production of high-quality branded products.
Polymethine-Dye
Polymethine dyes are organic dyes known for their exceptionally strong color intensity, which is based on the polymethine group—a chemical structure containing a system of conjugated double bonds. They offer a wide range of colors, primarily in blue, violet, and red shades. These dyes are characterized by high color strength and good absorbance, but they are often less stable in terms of lightfastness and weather resistance compared to other dyes.
Polymethine dyes are used in various fields, including the textile industry, ink production, printing ink manufacturing, as well as in photovoltaic technology or the development of optical materials. Due to their intense color reproduction, they are primarily employed in applications where visual impact and color intensity are key.
Pyrazoon pigment
Pyrazolone pigments are organic dyes characterized by the pyrazolone structure and are known for their intense red and orange hues. They offer good light fastness, chemical stability, and high color strength. These pigments are used in printing inks, plastics, paints, and the textile industry, especially for products that require vibrant color representation and good durability.
Rhodamine pigment
Rhodamine pigments are synthetic dyes known for their vibrant pink to red hues. They offer high color strength, light fastness, and good chemical stability. These pigments are used in printing inks, paints, plastics, and textiles, particularly for products that require bold, long-lasting color effects.
Thioindigo-Dye
Thioindigo dyes are organic dyes based on the thioindigo structure, known for their intense, deep red to violet shades. They are characterized by excellent lightfastness, high resistance to weathering and chemicals, as well as good thermal stability. These pigments offer strong color strength and exceptional durability.
Thioindigo dyes are used in the textile industry, printing inks and coatings, as well as in plastics and other specialized applications where long-lasting color brilliance and resistance to external influences are required. Their impressive stability makes them particularly suitable for products exposed to high stress.
Thioxanthene dye
Thioxanthene dyes are organic dyes based on the thioxanthene structure and are particularly known for their intense yellow to orange hues. They are characterized by high color strength, good thermal stability, and satisfactory light and weather fastness. Due to the presence of sulfur atoms in the molecular framework, they often exhibit enhanced chemical resistance.
Thioxanthene dyes are used in the textile and plastics industries, in paints, printing inks, and technical coatings. They are especially employed where bright, stable color effects are desired, along with a certain level of resistance to external influences. Thanks to their molecular structure, they can also exhibit fluorescent properties, making them interesting for specialized optical applications.
Thioxanthene benzanthrone dye
Thioxanthene benzanthrone dyes are highly advanced organic dyes known for their intense blue to violet shades. They are characterized by excellent lightfastness, exceptional weather resistance, and high chemical stability. These pigments offer particularly strong color strength and high thermal resistance. Due to their robust properties and vivid color effects, thioxanthene benzanthrone dyes are used in demanding areas such as the automotive industry, plastic coloring, printing inks, and coatings, where durable and stable color solutions are required.
Monoazo lake pigment
Coated monoazo pigments consist of an azo group and are covered with a protective coating that enhances their stability and colorfastness. They offer intense colors and are weather-resistant as well as chemically stable. These pigments are used in paints, plastics, printing inks, and textiles, particularly for products that require high resistance to light and weather.
Xanthylium dye
Xanthylium dyes are water-soluble dyes that produce bright yellow to green colors. They are characterized by good solubility and light sensitivity, although they may fade under UV exposure. They are used in textile dyeing, the paper and plastic industries, as well as in printing inks, particularly for products that require strong but not permanent coloring.
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