Common synthetic dyes, e.g., Weak Acid Pink Red B (APRB, C.I. 18073), Mordant Blue 9 (MB, C.I.14855) and Acid Brilliant Blue 6B (ABB6B, C.I. 42660), can be removed from water by in situ hybridization with CaCO(3), BaSO(4) and Ca(3)(PO(4))(2) and the resulting hybrids thus prepared used as plastic colorants. All the hybrids can be processed into polypropylene (PP) at 200 °C with good color inten...

The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of two decontaminating processes, ozonation and electrocoagulation, to decolorize wastewater generated by humid finishing leather production. With the objective to determine if one or both process could remove color, benchscale experiments were conducted with three different colorants, representative of the main dye groups: di-azo (CI Dir...

A gamut's size and shape may depend on many factors other than the physical properties of its primary colorants. The color gamut created by certain types of frequency modulated (FM) screening technologies appears to be larger than those created by conventional halftone (AM) screens while using the same colorants. Most device gamuts are determined by the physical properties of the substrate and ...

Pigments extracted from natural products are widely used for food coloration in Japan. An investigation concerning the photo-mutagenicity and photo-carcinogenicity of frequently used colorants in Japan was performed. Colorants examined were from Laccifer lacca (lac-color), Coccus cacti (cochineal-color), Carthamus tinctorius (carthamus yellow), Gardenia augusta (gardenia yellow and gardenia blu...

A synthetic protocol for the preparation of an indium oxide nanoparticle-functionalized poly(methacrylic acid-glycidyl methacrylate-ethylene dimethacrylate-ethanediamine) monolithic column is reported. Various techniques, including scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and thermal gravimetric an...

Recently, with the advent of printers with more than four colorants, the development of characterization and calibration techniques for these printers has been an important area of research in color printing. In addition to the ”hi-fi” printers having colorants such as green, orange, red, blue and violet to increase the gamut of traditional CMY K (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) printers, CMY Kcm...

Most present day color scanners, with red, green, and blue filters, are non-colorimetric. This means that their outputs cannot be linearly transformed into CIE tristimulus values for arbitrary input materials. On the other hand, by restricting oneself to a single class of inputs such as photographic, lithographic, or xerographic materials, very accurate scanner calibrations are possible. In thi...

In this article, glaze with different colorants was applied to tile specimens manufactured by incinerated sewage sludge ash (ISSA) and clay. Improvements using different amounts of colorants, and glaze components and concentrations on tile bodies were investigated. Four different proportions of clay (by weight ratio) were replaced by ISSA. Tiles of size 12 cm x 6 cm x 1 cm were made and left in...

Non-destructive tests (NDT) of historical artifacts are the ideal scientific tools for the analyses of culturally important heritage objects. However, for the investigations of certain materials, especially natural organic dyes and pigments, it is important for curators, conservators, and scientists to be aware that such analyses are not always practical or prudent. At best, NDT can definitivel...