Que sont les pigments organiques ?

Organic pigments are colored materials made of organic compounds with pigment properties. They are artificially synthetic organic compounds in powder state. Organic pigments are widely used in various fields because of their high tinting strength, bright color and good fastness etc.

There are many kinds of organic pigments, which are usually classified according to chromatography and molecular chemical structure.

(1) Classification by Chromatography
Pigments can be divided into pigment yellow, pigment orange,pigment red, pigment violet , pigment blue, pigment green, pigment brown and pigment black.

(2) Classification by Chemical Structure
There are azo pigments, phthalocyanine pigments, polycyclic pigments, triarylmethane pigments and other pigments
Main applications of pigments:

It is mainly used in inks, paint, plastic and rubber, printing paste etc.