Permitted Cosmetic Colorants — Annex IV
Annex IV of EU Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 lists colorants approved for cosmetic use. This grouped page currently contains 154 colorant records to browse by name, identifier and annex conditions.
Annex IV records
154 totalCI 26100 /SOLVENT RED 23
Purity criteria: anilin
CI 27755
CI 28440
Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 151)
CI 40215
CI 40800
Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 160a)
CI 40820
Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 160e)
CI 40825
Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 160f)
CI 40850
Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 161g)
CI 42045 /ACID BLUE 1
CI 11725
CI 42051 /ACID BLUE 3
Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 131)
CI 42053/ FAST GREEN FCF
CI 42080
CI 42090/ ACID BLUE 9; ACID BLUE 9 AMMONIUM SALT; ACID BLUE 9 ALUMINUM LAKE
Purity criteria as sset out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 133)
CI 42100
CI 42170
CI 42510
CI 42520 / BASIC VIOLET 2
5 ppm
CI 42735
CI 44045
CI 44090
Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 142)
CI 45100/ ACID RED 52
CI 45190 / ACID VIOLET 9
CI 45220
CI 45350
6%
CI 45370
Not more than 1% 2-(6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid and 2% 2-(bromo-6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid
CI 45380 / ACID RED 87
Not more than 1% 2-(6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid and 2% 2-(bromo-6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid
CI 45396
Only in free acid form, when used in lip products
CI 45405
Not more than 1% 2-(6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid and 2% 2-(bromo-6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid
CI 45410
Not more than 1% 2-(6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid and 2% 2-(bromo-6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid
CI 45430
Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 127)
CI 47000 / SOLVENT YELLOW 33
CI 47005
Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 104)
CI 50325
CI 51319 / PIGMENT VIOLET 23
CI 59040
CI 60724
CI 60725 / SOLVENT VIOLET 13 / VIOLET 2
CI 12085
3%
CI 60730
CI 61570
CI 61585
CI 62045
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