D&C Red 6 Barium Lake

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.