Pigments for Inks

Pigments for Inks

Color of Knowledge

Affected by emrging trend of e-reading, publication of newspapers, magazines and books are in downtrend. At another end, by increasing demand for consumer products, package inks, like water-flexo ink for food package and low VOC inks, like UV ink are in their bloom. Challenges and opportunities exist meanwhile for printing ink industry.

Crenovo provides classic and high performance pigments for ink industry. Not only chroma and color strength, but also applicable properties required for inks like rheology, stability, transparency are assessed and optimized. Crenovo pigments deliver value and performance to offset, gravure, flexo and digital inks. Specialized grades are developed to satisfy particular needs of ink industry.

Pigments for Publication Inks

Ink for offset and gravure printing of newspapers, magazines and books.

Pigments for Packaging Inks

Ink for package printing, like water-flexo ink for food package and low VOC inks, like UV ink.

For detailed information, request Catalogue of Pigments for Inks.

Go Aqueous

Flexo printing, an ancient technology brought to world by China thousand years ago, now revive again by nature's call. Echoing nature's call, print eco-friendly with recommended Crenovo pigments.

Yellow

Novofast Yellow Y14W (Pigment Yellow 14) - Greenish shade yellow. Opaque type for waterbase.

Red

Novofast Red R491W (Pigment Red 49:1) - Medium shade red. Lake pigment of barium salt. Optimized for waterbase.
Novofast Red R146Y (Pigment Red 146) - Bluish shade red. Slight yellower than PR57:1 but better solvent and heat resistance. Yellowish type.
Creprime Red R122U (Pigment Red 122) - Bright bluish shade red. Good gloss and rheology. Transparent.

Violet

Creprime Violet V23W (Pigment Violet 23) - Bluish shade violet. High tinting strength. Reddish grade. Good water stability.

A "Cool" Magenta with Heat

Novofast Red R146B (Pigment Red 146), a magenta go throught steaming and boiling, still keep vivid.

Recommended CMYK Colors

Recommended pigments and alternatives to have standard CMYK colors.

Cyanine

Phthalocyanine Blue (Pigment Blue 15:3 )

Magenta

Novofast Red R571UB (Pigment Red 57:1) - Bluish shade red. Slight yellower than PR57:1 but better solvent and heat resistance. Yellowish type.
Alternatives:
Novofast Red R146Y (Pigment Red 146) - Slightly yellower than R571UB, better solvent and heat resistance.
Novofast Red R184U (Pigment Red 184) - Modified type of PR146 of similar shade but poorer resistance.
Creprime Red R122U (Pigment Red 122)+Creprime Violet V19B(Pigment Violet 19) - Blended megenta of high performance.

Novofast Red R482U (Pigment Red 48:2) - Standard red of package ink in US.

Novofast Red R531U (Pigment Red 53:1) - Widely applied yellowish red for various kind of inks.

Yellow

Novofast Yellow Y13U (Pigment Yellow 13) - Medium shade yellow. Redder and better solvent resistance than PY12. Opaque type for offset and waterbase.
Alternative:
Novofast Yellow Y176U (Pigment Yellow 176) - Structual optimized to PY13, 10% stronger, European standard yellow.

Novofast Yellow Y12U (Pigment Yellow 12) - Medium shade yellow. Major CMYK color. Opaque type for offset.
Alternative:
Novofast Yellow Y174U (Pigment Yellow 174) - Structual optimized to PY12, 10% stronger, redder and more transparent.

Novofast Yellow Y14U (Pigment Yellow 14) - Greenish shade yellow. Opaque type for offset.

Black

Carbon Black (Pigment Black7)