Colorants

Cosmetic colorant ingredients — EU Annex IV status, CI numbers, and safety profiles.

57 ingredients in this category

Ingredient Safety
Acid Red 92 (Phloxine B) Good
Aluminum Powder (CI 77000) Good
Annatto (Bixin/Norbixin) Good
Asiatic Acid — Structured Cosmetic Ingredient Moderate
Beta-Arbutin Safety Data Good
Bismuth Oxychloride Good
Blue Lotus Extract (Nymphaea Caerulea) Good
Blue Tansy Oil (Tanacetum Annuum) Moderate
Bronze Powder (CI 77400) Moderate
CI 15850 Red 7 Lake Good
CI 15985 Yellow 6 Lake Moderate
CI 16035 (Allura Red AC) Moderate
CI 19140 (Tartrazine) Good
CI 42090 (Brilliant Blue FCF) Good
CI 77289 Moderate
CI 77491 (Red Iron Oxide) Excellent
CI 77492 (Yellow Iron Oxide) Excellent
CI 77499 (Black Iron Oxide) Excellent
Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate Excellent
Calcium Carbonate — Structured Cosmetic Ingre Good
Carbon Black Moderate
Carmine Moderate
Chlorophyllin-Copper Complex Good
Chromium Hydroxide Green Good
Chromium Oxide Greens Good
Corn Starch Modified Good
D&C Red No. 30 (CI 73360) Good
D&C Red No. 6 Good
D&C Red No. 7 Good
D&C Yellow No. 10 (Quinoline Yellow) Good
D&C Yellow No. 10 (Quinoline Yellow) Good
Eosin Y (D&C Red No. 22) Moderate
FD&C Blue No. 1 Good
Fast Green FCF Good
Ferric Ferrocyanide Excellent
Ferric Ferrocyanide (Prussian Blue) Excellent
French Green Clay (Illite) Good
Iron Oxides Excellent
Manganese Violet Excellent
Mica Excellent
Nanostructured Lipid Carriers Good
Orange 4 (CI 15510) Good
RIBOFLAVIN Good
Red 27 Lake (CI 45410_1)__ Good
Red 28 Lake (CI 45410)__ Good
Red 33 (CI 17200) Good
Red 40 Lake (CI 16035) Good
Red 6 Lake (CI 15850) Good
Red Lotus Extract Moderate
Resorcinol Cosmetic Moderate
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite Excellent
Tin Oxide (CI 77861) Moderate
Tromethamine (Tris) — Structured Ingredient P Good
Ultramarines Excellent
Violet 2 (CI 60725) Moderate
Yellow 10 (CI 47005)__ Good
Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140) Good