Colour Masterbatch Knowledge
Colour concentrates for plastics — pigment families, carrier compatibility, colour stability, Pantone matching.
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Carrier Selection for Color Masterbatch
Before requesting samples of a Color Masterbatch, you can rule out most incompatibility problems in about ten minutes using the supplier's technical data sheet. Match the carrier resin family declared on the data sheet to your host polymer family, confirm…
Pigment Selection for Color Masterbatch
Choosing the right pigment system means matching five properties of the pigment to the realities of your application and process: opacity, heat resistance, weatherability, migration risk, and regulatory requirements. Organic pigments generally give…
Color Stability in Color Masterbatch
Color in a plastic part changes for four reasons: thermal stress during processing, indoor light exposure over service life, outdoor UV exposure, and interactions between the pigment system and the host polymer, additives, moisture, or regrind. These are…
Color Masterbatch Explained: Types, Applications and Selection Principles
Color Masterbatch is an engineered polymer concentrate — pigment dispersed and stabilized inside a carrier resin, not simply colored powder. It is added to a host polymer at a defined let-down ratio to deliver consistent color, thermal stability and…
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Beige Masterbatch — How to Choose the Right Grade for Your Plastic Product
Beige is the most batch-consistency-sensitive color family in plastics because it is created by balancing tiny amounts of brown, yellow, red, and black pigments against a white base. A small shift in any one component changes the perceived warmth, depth,…
Black Masterbatch — How to Choose the Right Grade for Your Plastic Product
Choosing a Black Masterbatch is rarely about "how black." It is about which carbon black grade, which carrier resin, which let-down ratio, and which end-use exposure the finished part will see. A packaging film, a pressure pipe, and an automotive…
Blue Masterbatch — How to Choose the Right Grade for Your Plastic Product
"Blue" is one of the widest color families in plastics. The correct Blue Masterbatch depends on which blue pigment family (phthalocyanine, ultramarine, cobalt, or organic azo blends), your host polymer, your processing temperature, and the end-use exposure…
Brown Masterbatch — How to Choose the Right Grade for Your Plastic Product
Brown Masterbatch is one of the most durable and forgiving color families in plastics, but it is also the color most likely to be specified by appearance alone while ignoring the chemistry that creates it. The right grade depends on which brown pigment…
Gold Masterbatch — How to Choose the Right Grade for Your Plastic Product
Gold Masterbatch is an effect masterbatch that sits at the intersection of aesthetics, chemistry, and corrosion risk. The appearance comes from bronze or copper-zinc alloy pigments, gold-mica pearlescent pigments, or vacuum-metallized pigments. The right…
Gray Masterbatch — How to Choose the Right Grade for Your Plastic Product
Gray Masterbatch is almost always a blend rather than a single pigment. The final color depends on the ratio of black pigment to white pigment (usually TiO₂) and any small tint additions. The right grade is therefore defined by target neutral tone,…
Green Masterbatch — How to Choose the Right Grade for Your Plastic Product
Most industrial "green" is a blend — typically a phthalocyanine green combined with a yellow pigment, or a chrome-based inorganic green for high-durability outdoor use. Choosing the right Green Masterbatch means choosing which green chemistry, which host…
Orange Masterbatch — How to Choose the Right Grade for Your Plastic Product
Orange is one of the most technically risky color families in plastics because many orange pigments sit at the edge of acceptable heat stability, lightfastness, and regulatory limits. The right Orange Masterbatch depends on which orange pigment chemistry…
Pink & Magenta Masterbatch — Grade Selection
Pink masterbatch is specified by pigment chemistry, not shade: quinacridone and DPP pinks hold heat and light, rhodamine and fluorescent pinks are bright but fade and can migrate.
Purple & Violet Masterbatch — Grade Selection
Purple and violet masterbatch is specified by pigment chemistry, not shade name: dioxazine (PV23), carbazole (PV37), quinacridone (PV19) or a red-plus-blue blend, each with a different heat and light ceiling.
Red Masterbatch — How to Choose the Right Grade for Your Plastic Product
Red is the most heat-sensitive and light-sensitive color family in plastics. Choosing the right Red Masterbatch is really about choosing which red pigment chemistry — organic (azo, quinacridone, DPP), inorganic (iron oxide), or blended — that fits your…
Silver Masterbatch — How to Choose the Right Grade for Your Plastic Product
Silver Masterbatch is an effect masterbatch, not a standard color masterbatch. The appearance depends on flake type and geometry — coarse aluminum flakes, fine aluminum flakes, vacuum-metallized pigments (VMP), or mica-based pearlescent silvers — matched…
More across Polymer & Plastics
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Anti-block / Slip Masterbatch — Film Blocking Together or Feeding Poorly
Freshly wound film sticks to itself, or converted bags do not open or feed through packaging machines.
Anti-fog Masterbatch — Fog or Water Droplets Inside Greenhouse or Food Packaging Film
Water condenses as droplets inside greenhouse film (blocking light) or food packaging film (blurring product view and dripping onto food).
Anti-static Masterbatch — Static Electricity on Plastic Film or Parts
Plastic parts or film hold a static charge — attracting dust, sticking, or creating ESD risk in electronics packaging.
Desiccant Masterbatch — Bubbles, Streaks, or Splay When Processing Regrind or Wet Resin
Regrind or hygroscopic-contaminated resin produces bubbles, silver streaks, or splay marks in the finished part, and drying is not practical or sufficient.
Flame Retardant Masterbatch — Plastic Burns or Fails a Flame Rating
A plastic part must pass a flame-rating standard (e.g., UL 94 V-0, glow-wire, FMVSS 302) and the base resin fails.
Laser-Marking Masterbatch — Cannot Laser-Mark on Dark or Colored Plastic
A part needs a permanent, high-contrast laser mark (barcode, batch code, logo) and the base resin does not respond — the mark is faint, blurred, or invisible.
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