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What are pigments?
Pigments are a special type of dyeing or printing material for wet processing technology. It is not an easy task to print or dye material with pigments because the pigment is 100% water-insoluble. So it needs to use special techniques for pigment dyeing or printing. Generally, pigment is used for printing.
Pigments can be defined as a water-insoluble coloring material mostly of mineral origin that has been used for the coloration of metal, wood, stone, and textile materials. Pigments have different types of chemical characteristics. Some examples of pigments are as follows:
- Dioxazine
- Fluorubine
- Isoindoline
- Perylene perinone
- Pyrocoline
- Quinacridone
- ETC
Difference Between Dyes and Pigments
Dyes and pigments are the main coloring materials. So we have to know about the differences between dyes and pigments, which will give us a clear idea about these two. The following are the differences between dyes and pigments: They are-
| Dyes | Pigments |
|---|---|
| Generally, organic materials are dyed or printed. | Organic and inorganic: both types are dyed or printed. |
| It is water-soluble | It is completely water-insoluble |
| It contains auxochrome in their chemical structure | No auxo chrome contains in pigments |
| Colorfastness is generally average to excellent | Colorfastness is average to good |
| Its application method is very easy | Need binder for application |
| It is generally used for dyeing | Generally used for printing |
| Dyes are more expensive than pigments | Pigments are generally cheaper than dyes |
| Dyes have an attraction to fibers | They have no attraction to fibers |
| It applies selectively to textile materials | All fibers can be colored |
In sum, pigment is used to dye cotton fabric besides printing in modern times. Different types of pigment are supplied by different well-known dyes and pigment manufacturing companies.
7 comments
Raghav Purohit
I like it what you have written, But I think you can write some more information on it. Because there are lots of information around pigments are available.
Andrew C. Harvey
The topic was adequately addressed but not thoroughly. This article is in desperate need of editing. Several sentences make no sense. All-in-all I was not very impressed.
Afroz-ul-Hasan
Can you please describe me the basic characteristics of Pigments used in textile printing and especially its behaviour related to Perspiration and Saliva fastness properties?
Is Perspiration & Saliva fastness is builtin properties of pigments?
Farhanfarhan
Kindly respond to this point ,what is the dyestuffs and yheir property.
wahid navaj malik
please help me to clear about ..what is the pigment dyes
Abutu Theresa
Thanks to this blog im getting more interested in textile technology
MD.GOLAM MOSTOFA
excellent