How to select the correct color (ant) from the rainbow for your application

摘要

There are literally hundreds of commercially available colorants from which to select from.Which one is the right one for your application?Do you need to formulate a custom color because you can't achieve the exact color you need with a signle component?Selecting a colorant that is suitable for your application is the first step in developing a product.Obaining the best "value-in-use" from your colorant ensures that you not only use an appropriate colorant,but also one that provides the most cost effective solution.With the variety of pigments in the market place,there are several impor=tant factors that need to be considered in selecting colorants for a given application.Discussion of the various parameters one should consider,including teh polymer type,processing conditions recycling,end use requriements and others are important in developing an appropriate colorant system.