Coatings World staff09.09.20
When concerns were raised about specific forms of nickel in standard Cobalt Titanate, CI Pigment 50 (PG50) in the European Union (EU), The Shepherd Color Company found two high-performance pigment solutions.
The first route of retaining nickel in the formula, but ensuring that the nickel wasn’t present in the form of concern, yielded Green 10G655.
This is a standard PG50 specially formulated and produced to meet EU labeling requirements, while maintaining a bright, chromatic green shade that PG50s are known for, and is more chromatic than other inorganic green pigments, such as chrome oxide (PG17).
A second pathway was to remove nickel from the pigment formulation altogether.
Shepherd Color developed a bright chromatic green without nickel or chromium and launched it as Green 10G603. This product has a bright and chromatic masstone, excellent tint-strength and it is still classified as a PG50, so it has the same regulatory and chemical inventory approvals and listings.
