Innovative colorants

What are iron oxide pigments?

• Iron oxide pigments are a group of pigments based on iron
• Thanks to its high chemical stability, iron oxide has a long storage life as a colorant and was already used in ancient paintings that can still be seen today 

Iron oxide – not only as powder

• Iron oxide is also available in the form of slurries (suspensions), compact pigment, granules or micronized pigment 

Globally used pigments 

• Iron oxide pigments are the world’s most frequently used 
• pigments for coloring construction materials

• As a result of their chemical and physical structure, chrome oxide pigments offer outstanding stability, e.g. high heat and migration resistance and impressive lightfastness and weather stability 
• Chrome oxide pigments are found in a wide range of applications. In addition to coloring construction materials, they are also used in the paints and coatings industry and to color plastics 
• What’s more, the green pigments benefit from an extremely low chromium(VI) content 
• They range from a pale green tone with a yellowish cast to an intense dark green shade

Diverse range of applications for iron oxide and chrome oxide pigments in the construction materials industry

• Iron oxide and chrome oxide pigments can be used to lend an esthetic touch to construction materials such as cast-in-situ concrete, pre-cast concrete components, concrete roofing tiles, pavers and  asphalt surfaces 
• Special high-performance pigments for the paints and coatings industry are ideal for interior and exterior paintwork in particular* 
• Wood plastic composites (WPCs)** are given their unmistakable coloring by iron oxide and are an alternative to tropical timbers 
• Iron oxide yellow pigments also make artificial turf barely distinguishable from its natural counterpart 
• They are particularly suitable for coloring decorative paper (laminate paper), which is used primarily in the furniture and flooring industries