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COLORANT

Exclusively or mainly intended to colour the cosmetic product, the body as a whole or certain parts thereof, by absorption or reflection of visible light. All authorised colorants are substances in the positive list of Annex IV to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

296 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the COLORANT function designation.

Ingredients with the COLORANT function

Fisetin is the organic compound

CAS 528-48-3

GOLD

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CI 77480

CAS 7440-57-5IV/133

GRAPHENE

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Graphene is an allotrope of carbon characterized as a single layer of carbon atoms bound in a hexagonal lattice.

GRAPHITE

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Graphite is a crystallized form of carbon.

CAS 7782-42-5

Guanine (CI 75170)

CAS 73-40-5IV/113

2-({4-amino-3-[(4-amino-2-methylphenyl)imino]-6-iminocyclohexa-1,4-dien-1-yl}oxy)ethan-1-ol

4-amino-3,6-bis[(4-aminophenyl)imino]cyclohexa-1,4-dien-1-ol

5-amino-2-(4-hydroxyanilino)-4-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)imino]cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one

2,5-Cyclohexadien-1-one, 5-amino-4-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)imino]-2-methyl-, Indophenol, 5-amino-2-methyl-

CAS 30749-78-1

2-Amino-5-methylindoaniline, 2,5-Cyclohexadien-1-one, 5-amino-4-[(4-aminophenyl)imino]-2-methyl-

CAS 30749-88-3

2,5-Cyclohexadien-1-one, 5-amino-4-[(4-amino-2-methylphenyl)imino]-2-methyl-, Indoaniline, 5-amino-2,2'-dimethyl-

CAS 33500-43-5

4-[2-amino-5-(4-hydroxyanilino)-6-iminopyridin-3(6H)-ylidene]aminophenol

HEMATITE

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Hematite is a mineral consisting chiefly of iron oxide.

CAS 1317-60-8

IRON TITANIUM OXIDE

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Iron Titanium Oxide is the inorganic compound prepared by heating Titanium Dioxide and Iron Oxides at high temperature.

CAS 12023-27-7/ 12789-64-9

Naturally occurring substances, kaolin (CI 77004)

CAS 1332-58-7IV/119

Kitasatospora Ferment Filtrate is a filtrate of the product obtained by the fermentaton of a growth media by the microorganism, Kitasatospo…

LIGNIN

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Lignin is a biopolymer derived from the cell walls of plants.

CAS 8068-05-1/ 9005-53-2

LITHIUM COBALT TITANATE

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Lithium Cobalt Titanate is the inorganic compound that conforms generally to the formula

MICA

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Mica is a series of silicate minerals of varying chemical composition but with similar physical properties. Mica may have well-defined clea…

CAS 12001-26-2

NAPHTHAZARIN

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Naphthazarin is the organic compound that conforms to the formula

CAS 475-38-7

NATURAL RED 26

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Natural Red 26 is a natural pigment derived from the petals of Carthamus tinctorius.

CAS 36338-96-2

1H,10H-Pyrrolo[1,2-c]purine-10,10-diol, 2-amino-4-[[(aminocarbonyl)oxy]methyl]-3a,4,5,6,8,9-hexahydro-5-hydroxy-6- imino-, (3aS,4R,10aS)-

CAS 64296-20-4

PHYCOCYANIN

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Phycocyanin is a photosynthetic protein isolated from Arthrospira platensis and other algae.

CAS 11016-15-2

Pigment Blue 27 is classed chemcially as an inorganic color. CI 77510

CAS 12240-15-2

PIGMENT GREEN 50

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Pigment Green 50 is an inorganic pigment consisting chiefly of cobalt carbonate and lithium carbonate.

CAS 68186-85-6

These widely assigned CosIng terms provide populated comparison pages; they are not presented as semantic equivalents of the current function.

How the COLORANT function is used in CosIng

The COLORANT function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 296 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Exclusively or mainly intended to colour the cosmetic product, the body as a whole or certain parts thereof, by absorption or reflection of visible light. All authorised colorants are substances in the positive list of Annex IV to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

Function assignments come from official EU CosIng data. They describe intended cosmetic use, but they do not replace regulatory review of each linked ingredient and any annex records tied to it.