Pigment dispersions and colorants for industrial and architectural coatings, plastics and thermoset applications across a broad range of markets.
Microcolor Pigment Dispersions – Serving you for 50 years
Pigment dispersions and colorants for industrial and architectural coatings, plastics and thermoset applications across a broad range of markets.
Specialized Pigment Dispersion Experience
Microcolor specializes in the design and manufacture of pigment dispersions and colorants for industrial and architectural coatings, plastics, and thermoset applications across a broad range of markets. Our products are used in many important items such as: infrastructure, exterior roofing, road marking, oil services, floor coatings, OEM, and other protective and maintenance finishes.
Color dispersions, colorant, pigments, dyes, liquid colors, pigment pastes, and liquid pigment are just some of the terms used to describe the products that are used to bring color to other media.
Over the past 50 years these have slipped into the lexicon of what is more correctly known as pigment paste manufacturers for pigment dispersions.
Microcolor Product Lines
Our standard product lines provide flexible options for use in solvent-borne, aqueous, and 100% solids technologies. These generally contain proprietary vehicle systems that optimize pigment wetting, dispersion, stability, color acceptance and compatibility in a large variety of coating types for true universal application.
Custom solutions are our specialty but we offer off the shelf solutions as well. Our Experienced team are here to help you resolve any colour issues you may currently have. Microcolor Dispersions is where solutions are made you and your customer.
Colour Selection
The colors chosen are necessarily designed as offsets to widely used industry-standard colorants to simplify substitution into existing coatings systems. Pigment selection is always driven by the end use requirements and the customers’ explicit needs.
Colour Directory for Standard Pigment Selection
Universal Colourants
| Pigment Type | Index # | UV Resistance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tint | Masstone | ||
| Hansa Yellow | PY74 | 6-7 | 7-8 |
| Mono Azo Yellow | PY97 | 7 | 7-8 |
| Carbon Black | PBk7 | 8 | 8 |
| Yellow Iron Oxide | PY42 | 8 | 8 |
| Phthalo Green | PG7 | 8 | 8 |
| Phthalo Blue- Alpha | PB15:1 | 8 | 8 |
| Phthalo Blue - Alpha NCNF | PB15:2 | 8 | 8 |
| Phthalo Blue - Beta | PB15:3 | 8 | 8 |
| Red Iron Oxide | PR101 | 8 | 8 |
| Burnt Umber | PBr7 | 8 | 8 |
| Raw Umber | PBr7 | 8 | 8 |
| Titanium Dioxide White | PW6 | 8 | 8 |
| Quinacridone Magenta | PR122 | 7-8 | 7-8 |
| Naphthol Red | PR188 | 6-7 | 7 |
| Quinacridone Violet | PV19 | 7-8 | 7-8 |
| Quinacridone Red | PV19 | 7-8 | 7 |
| Diarylide Yellow Opaque | PY83 | 7 | 7-8 |
Thermoset Pigment Dispersions
| Pigment Type | Index # | UV Resistance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tint | Masstone | ||
| Diarylide Yellow Opaque | PY83 | 7 | 7-8 |
| Bismuth Vanadate | PY184 | 8 | 8 |
| DPP Red | PR254 | 8 | 8 |
| Ultramarine Blue | PB29 | 7 | 7 |
| Cobalt blue | PB28 | 8 | 8 |
| Perylene black | PBk32 | 8 | 8 |
| Benzimidazolone Yellow | PY151 | 7-8 | 8 |
| Benzimidazolone Yellow | PY175 | 7 | 7-8 |
| Carbazole Violet | PV23 | 7 | 7-8 |
| Black Iron Oxide | PBk11 | 8 | 8 |
| Disazo Red | PR214 | 8 | 8 |
| Disazo Scarlett Red | PR242 | 7-8 | 8 |
| Naphthol AS Red | PR187 | 7-8 | 7 |
| Nickel Azo Yellow | PY150 | 8 | 8 |
| Diarylide Yellow Transparent | PY83 | 7 | 7-8 |
| Quinacridone Violet | PV19 | 8 | 8 |
| Quinacridone Red | PV19 | 7-8 | 7 |