Trends in pigment preparations

One of the most fascinating aspects of the organic pigment scene today is its increasingly high degree of specialisation. Pigment manufacturers, in response to the ever changing requirements of the colour using industries have upgraded the quality of pigment powders, particularly with regard to colour strength, gloss transparency and rheology. Colour users, at the same time, have become considerably more knowledgeable about the optimum conditions required for producing a good, stable dispersion and using modern equipment, have been able to develop sophisticated dispersion techniques which enable them to ‘squeeze’ a lot more out of pigments than they did only a few years ago.