Firemist® patented borosilicate-based pigments bring products to life with brilliant color and glittering effects. These advanced pigments, which create an exceptionally high visual impact, are specially formulated to out-perform traditional pearlescent pigments in chroma, color purity, brightness, transparency and reflectivity. In this way, Firemist pigments give designers and formulators a spectrum of advanced optical effects to work with.
For example, their smooth surface and larger particle size create a brilliant, starlike glitter, and blends of Firemist pigment grades create true multicolor effects (individual colors come through because the pigments' exceptional transparency and chroma overcome the addition effects that gray-out normal pearls). Firemist pigments also enhance the feeling of depth in coatings and plastics applications beyond that possible with mica-based pearls, because the borosilicate flakes promote light penetration. They are ideal for automotive trim applications such as powder coatings or plastic and leather coatings, and can be used in many other applications as well.
Firemist pigments match the color palette of other pearls (see supporting documentation) and work well with transparent organic colors or dyes because of their flakes' high transparency. They also are approved for food contact, making them ideal for food packaging applications.
Firemist pigments for exterior use are engineered using Engelhard's proprietary CFS chrome-free surface treatment to improve humidity and adhesion resistance in water-borne coatings and chip resistance in solvent-broen coatings. This makes it ideal for automotive coating applications and other outdoor uses, such as on lawn and garden furniture and outdoor appliances.
Firemist Colormotion color changing pigments give your products vibrant life by changing their color as the visual angle of the viewer shifts. Representing the latest advance in borosilicate pigment technology, these multi-dimensional effect materials make distinctive color travel effects possible in coating, printing ink or plastic formulations.
Firemist Colormotion pigments appear to be one color, but with changes in the viewing angle they suddenly move across the color spectrum. Engelhard's patented non-quarter-wave multi-layer coating technology makes it possible.
In addition to their dynamic color shifts, Firemist Colormotion pigments add dramatic sparkle and visual dimensionality. This makes them epsecially eye-catching in multi-layer coating or printing ink formulations and injection molded, blow molded or co-extruded plastics. End-use applications such as packaging, electronics, security printing and household appliances are greatly enhanced by the addition of Firemist Colormotion pigments.
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