How to Choose Red Pigment for Plastic?

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How to choose blue shade red pigment for plastic?

How to choose mid shade red pigment for plastic? 

How to choose yellow shade red pigment for plastic?

1. How to choose blue shade red pigment for plastic?

Red and yellow are the two big color families among organic pigments. Commerical available organic blue shade red pigments for plastic as chart below,please click on the hyperlink to go to product page

S.N.	Color Shade	Product Name	Chemistry
1	Bluish Red	Pigment Red 48:2	Triarylcarbonium
2	Bluish Red	Pigment Red 57:1	BONA, Ca
3	Bluish Red	Pigment Red 122	Quinacridone
4	Bluish Red	Pigment Red 170(F5RK)	Naphthol AS
5	Bluish Red	Pigment Red 176	Benzimidazolone
6	Bluish Red	Pigment Red 177	Benzimidazolone
7	Bluish Red	Pigment Red 179	Perylene
8	Bluish Red	Pigment Red 202	Quinacridone
9	Bluish Red	Pigment Red 213	Naphthol AS
10	Bluish Red	Pigment Red 214	Disazo Condensation
11	Bluish Red	Pigment Red 264	DPP

There are 11 blue shade red pigments suited for plastics,key features of these plastic orange pigments as below

Pigment Red 122 has high tinting strength,good fastness properties,bright color after reduction,comply with food contact,also price is economic nowdays

Pigment Red 202 shows better properties compared with pigment red 122 and PR 202 is more bluer and darker

Pigment Violet 19 γ  form features is mid tinting strength,good properties,comply with food contact, it look more yellow than pigment red 122

Pigment Red 179 exhibits mid tinting strength and mid saturation

Pigment Red 264 is of high tinting strength and transparent color,P.R.264 is more transparent than pigment red 122

Pigment Red 177 is of High tinting strength,High transparent ,Mid weather Fastness

Pigment Red 185 is of good light fastness and mostly suited for leather,it belongs to middle properties and middle price

Pigment Red 176 is of good light properties and mostly used for EVA

Pigment Red 57:1 is a most economic choice

Pigment Red 48:2 is of most economic choice,meanwhile it’s heat resistance,light fastness goes down

Pigment Red 170 F5RK is of high tinting strength,good saturation,cost effective

all these 11 plastic bluish red pigment technical position as below

Here we use pigment red 122 as the standard blue shade red pigment,start from here,pigment red 202 is redder and darker, could used in terylene spinning to solve solubility issue of pigment red 122 in PET.

Pigment red 179 is an option which weather fastness is better which low tinting strength and poor saturation.

Pigment violet 19 γ form,though in same Chemistry group,it yellower than PR122, while tinting strength lower and price higher than PR122. Pigment violet 19 is much better when toning light color.

Pigment red 264 is DPP pigment, color shade close to mid red shade.High in price,good transparency, high tinting strength,good weather fastness is three features. 

Pigment red 177 has extremely good transparency, exhibit bright color when using in PET/PP fiber.pigment red 176 often used in gettiing pink color in EVA. Pigment red 185 is massively used in leather,liker automotive interior.

To save costs,Pigment red 170 f5rk is the choice, while user shall know it’s heat resistance,immigration resistance,weather fastness goes downs. 

Pigment red 48:2 and pigment rede 57:1 are the most economic red.pigment red 48:2 suited for PP spun dyeing,widely used in carpet.User shall mind the color changing issue between high and low temperature.

2. How to choose mid shade red pigment for plastic?

There are 5 middle shade red pigments suited for plastics,key features of these plastic red pigments as below,please click on the hyperlink to go to product page

S.N.	Color Shade	Product Name	Chemistry
1	Mid Shade Red	Pigment Red 48:3	Triarylcarbonium
2	Mid Shade Red	Pigment Red 144	Disazo Condensation
3	Mid Shade Red	Pigment Red 170(F3RK)	Naphthol AS
4	Mid Shade Red	Pigment Red 214	Disazo Condensation
5	Mid Shade Red	Pigment Red 254	DPP

Pigment Red 254 is of high tinting strength,Excellent color properties,Good Fastness properties,also comply with food contact

Pigment Red 144 is of high tinting strength, Good weather fastness and goes down in reduction, shrinkage increase, PR 144 is mostly for engineering plastics

Pigment Red 214 is of high tinting strength,high saturation,good properties.mostly for fiber usage

Pigment Red 170 (F3RK) is of high tinting strength, high saturation,Cost effective, PR 170 weather fastness goes down,immigration resistance goes down compared with  pigment red 214

Pigment Red 48:3 is of high tinting strength,most economic choice,light fastness goes down when comparing with pigment red 170 F3RK

all these 5 plastic middle shade red pigment technical position as below

Here we use pigment red 254 as the standard mid shade red pigment,there are 3 grade commercial pigment red 254 available in market,the small particale size exhibits excellent transparency,the one of big particale size has excellent weather fastness and is taking PR144,PR214,PR170 F3RK market share. 

Pigment red 144 is now used as a complement of PR254 and used in engineering plastics of ABS,PET,PC.Pigment red 214 is used as a complement of PR254 and used in fiber.

Pigment red 254 tinting strength and immigration resistance is better than pigment red 170 F3RK

To save cost, and compromise in heat resistance and light fastness is acceptable, pigment red 48:3 is the choice

3. How to choose yellow shade red pigment for plastic?

There are total 6 item yellowish red pigments suited for plastics,key features of these plastic red pigments as below,

S.N.	Shade	Product Name	Chemical Family
1	Yellowish Red	Pigment Red 53:1	mono azo lake
2	Yellowish Red	Pigment Red 149	Perylene
3	Yellowish Red	Pigment Red 166	Disazo Condensation
4	Yellowish Red	Pigment Red 242	Disazo Condensation
5	Yellowish Red	Pigment Red 272	DPP
6	Yellowish Red	Pigment Red 279	Thiazine Indigo

Pigment Red 166 is of High tinting strength,Bright yellow shade red,Good saturation,Good weather fastness,While decrease after reduction,Space in cost down

Pigment Red 149 is of High tinting strength,Good light fastness,Good weather fastness,High price.PR149 is More yellow,better heat resistance

Pigment Red 242 is of High saturation,Most yellow after adding Tio2,Normal weather fastness.Compared with pigment red 166,PR242 is More yellow,Light fastness goes down

Pigment Red 272 is of High tinting strength,Good weather fastness,While decrease after reduction,Halogen free

Pigment Red 279 if of Most yellow shade,Good weather fastness,Low tinting strength

Pigment Red 53:1 is of High tinting strength,Most economic,Immigration in low concentration

all these 5 plastic yellow shade red pigment technical position as below

Here we use pigment red 166 as the standard yellow shade red pigment, start from here.

pigment red 272 color shade is close to pigment red 166.

PR272 heat resistance is relatively lower while saturation is higher when in low concentration. 

A bright yellow shade is achieved when pigment red 242 and Titanium dioxide mixed,it is the first choice when toning high saturation pink red.

To meet a common requirement combined with cost effective,pigment red 53:1 is recommended, PR 53:1 light fastness and immigration resistance is poor