
An
inorganic ultramarine blue pigment, the color of Ultramarine Blue has been
classified as pigment blue 29, C.I. 77007 by the color index system. If seen
in Chemical terms, it is a sodium alumino-sulphosilicate. This pigment is
the synthetic form of Lazurite
Ultramarine Blue is extremely safe, environmental friendly &
non-hazardous blue pigment with various applications worldwide. Its
synthetic manufacturing process and possibility for close control over its
physical, chemical, and color characteristics, enables the production of
distinct types of blue pigment, which are readily accepted by plastic,
printing ink, paint, cement, soaps & detergents, paper and many other
industries due to the added advantages it possesses over other organic
pigments and dyes.
Ultramarine Blue has a clean and bright reddish blue shade, which makes it
different than any other blue pigment of the market. In addition to this
very specific reddish blue shade, Ultramarine Blue is an excellent white
corrector, which neutralizes yellowish shades. Moreover, its whitening
effect is widely appreciated in many fields of application such as
detergency, plastics, paints and more.
There are various advantages that it
possesses over other regular organic pigments and dyes. Few of the important
one's are: