cosmetic pigment

Matte cosmetic pigments — including iron oxides, ultramarines, and D&C Lakes — are the foundational colorants behind face powders, foundations, eyeshadows, and skin-tone blushers that require a flat, non-reflective finish. Cosmetic iron oxide in yellow, red, black, and brown grades delivers reliable, skin-safe color across a wide tonal range, while oxide pigment foundation formulations depend on these same materials for consistent coverage and smooth skin integration. Unlike effect pigments, these matte oxides absorb rather than reflect light, making them the go-to choice wherever a velvety, diffused color result is required.

Selecting the right cosmetic pigment powder for face and eye formulations requires balancing color performance, skin compatibility, and regulatory compliance across powder, cream, and liquid systems. From pearlescent shimmer and metallic finishes to flat matte coverage, eyeshadow pigment powder and foundation pigment systems each demand different base materials, surface treatments, and dispersibility profiles. These pigments are used across pressed powders, loose eyeshadows, liquid foundations, blushers, and highlighters — anywhere precise color payoff and a reliable skin feel are non-negotiable.

KT-68840221 is a pink borosilicate-based diamond effect pigment delivering intense sparkle and high transparency across cosmetic formulations. Its large, smooth flake geometry generates a multi-dimensional brilliance that conventional pearlescents cannot replicate — making it particularly suited for eyeshadow and decorative face products. Formulators working with eyeshadow pigment powder blends will find its color depth and reflection index immediately functional at low loading levels.

KT-699143 is a blue pearlescent synthetic mica pigment built on a fluorphlogopite base, delivering clean, saturated shimmer with strong reflectance — a reliable choice for decorative cosmetics and personal care formulations. As a cosmetic pigment powder, it produces a dual optical effect: silver pearl from the reflection angle and vivid blue from the side, making it particularly effective in eyeshadows, blushers, and nail applications. Formulators working with pearl pigment powder will find the high-purity synthetic mica base directly reduces black spot contamination and maintains color consistency across batches.

KT-8213 is a violet pearl pigment built on a synthetic calcium aluminum borosilicate substrate, delivering a bright interference violet over dark substrates with a noticeably higher brilliance and transparency than standard mica-based alternatives. Its fine flake geometry produces smooth, uniform coverage suited for cosmetic formulations and decorative coatings. As a pearlescent pigment in Kolortek's Dreamstar Borosilicate Series, it combines diamond-like reflectivity with reliable batch consistency.

KT-40003A is a cosmetic grade Ultramarine Pink — a synthetic inorganic pigment that delivers a warm pink-rose body color within the same CI 77007 Ultramarines family as Ultramarine Blue and Ultramarine Violet, but with a distinctly warm, red-pink hue character. As a matte, insoluble, non-migrating colorant with excellent lightfastness and low heavy metal content, it provides a stable pink tone in pressed powder, eye shadow, lip color, blush, and soap formulations where organic pink dyes would fade or bleed over the product shelf life. All Kolortek cosmetic oxide grades are filtered to remove regulated heavy metal impurities before supply.

KT-40002B is a cosmetic grade Ultramarine Violet — a synthetic inorganic pigment that delivers a red-biased violet body color with the same chemical stability and regulatory acceptance as Ultramarine Blue, but with a distinctly warmer, more purple-red hue character. As a matte, opaque, insoluble colorant, it is non-migrating in wax, oil, and powder matrices and inherently lightfast — making it a practical specification for eye shadows, lipsticks, pressed powders, and soap where stable violet or purple color is required without the fading limitations of organic violet dyes. All Kolortek cosmetic oxide grades are filtered to remove regulated heavy metal impurities before supply.

KT-40001 is a cosmetic grade Ultramarine Blue — a synthetic inorganic pigment that provides a clean, bright violet-blue body color with excellent opacity and low heavy metal content suitable for use across personal care and color cosmetic formulations. Unlike organic blue dyes, Ultramarine Blue is chemically inert, non-migrating, and inherently lightfast — properties that make it a reliable choice for pressed powders, eye shadows, lip products, and soap where color stability over shelf life is a baseline requirement. All Kolortek cosmetic oxide grades are filtered to remove regulated impurities before supply.

FD&C Red 40 Aluminum Lake at 24–30% dye content is a high-strength, insoluble red pigment used across cosmetic, food, and pharmaceutical applications where a non-migrating red colorant is required. The lake form of Allura Red AC (CI 16035) is precipitated onto an alumina substrate, producing a dispersible powder that holds its color in wax, oil, and anhydrous matrices without the bleed or migration issues associated with the soluble dye form. At 24–30% dye loading, it delivers consistent tinting strength and is suited for formulations where color depth and regulatory compliance need to be met simultaneously.

D&C Red 6 Sodium Salt is an organic lake pigment used to deliver stable red coloration in cosmetic systems where dye migration must be controlled. As part of Kolortek’s **cosmetic matte pigment range**, it provides a **flat, non-pearlescent color effect** with good compatibility in oil-based and low-water formulations such as nail polish and lip products.

D&C Red 6 Barium Lake is a warm, orange-red cosmetic pigment with high tinting strength and a matte finish, used across lip color, nail lacquer, and pressed powder formulations. As a barium lake — an insoluble precipitate of the D&C Red 6 azo dye on a barium substrate — it disperses rather than dissolves in cosmetic matrices, making it suitable for both anhydrous and wax-based systems where color migration must be controlled. Formulators familiar with azo lake pigments will recognize its characteristic warm red hue with a slight orange undertone, which blends predictably with other D&C lakes to produce a broad range of coral, red, and brick shades.

D&C Red 21 Lake is a cosmetic-grade lake colorant that delivers an opaque, warm orange-red tone with a matte finish. Based on the halogenated fluorescein dye (Solvent Red 43) precipitated onto an aluminum substrate, it is a standard D&C colorant in lip, nail, and face product formulations where flat, intense color is required. Unlike dye solutions, the lake form is insoluble in most cosmetic vehicles — making it suitable for oil-based, anhydrous, and emulsion systems where color migration or bleeding would be a problem.