Pear-Effect-Pigments

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Pritty Pearlescent Pigments

Understanding the process behind the mixing of colours to create a variety of Pearlsescent Pigments

Mixing Colours

Combining china pearlescent pigments colours together and with conventional colorants is as much art as it is science due to how they interact. Colour mixing falls into two categories: Additive and Subtractive. In additive colour mixing such as with light (RGB = Red, Green, Blue) China Pearlescent Pigmentscomplementary colours mix and form white. In subtractive colour mixing such as with printing (CYM = Cyan, Yellow, Magenta) complementary colours mix to form black or grey. Our China pearlescent pigments manufacturer, Pritty Pearlescent Pigments, goes to extreme lenghts to ensure this process is done accurately and efficiently.

Additive Colour Mixing

The three primary colours of light for additive colour mixing are blue, green, and red combined to reproduce the range of visible colours. Additive Colour Mixing at our China pearlescent pigments factory works by adding different colours of light on top of each other so the more light that is mixed the brighter the result. Mixing all primary colours equally is WHITE thereby subtracting each colour one by one BLACK is eventually the result. Subtractive Colour Mixing The three primary pigment colours for subtractive colour mixing are Yellow, Magenta, and Cyan combined to reproduce the range of visible colours.

Subtractive Colour Mixing

Involves mixing the reflected colours from pigments. A pigment’s colour is the colour not absorbed but reflected. The more pigments that are added the darker the result. Mixing all primary colours equally is BLACK, thereby subtracting each colour one by one WHITE is eventually the result.

Mixing Interference Pearlescent Pigments

The interference colours formed by pearlescent pigments at our China pearlescent pigments factory must be treated as additive colours. Combining absorption and interference colors can create a variety of single- or dual-color effects. The presence of an absorption pigment used with interference pearlescent pigments produces intense specular reflection colors that give way to the color of the absorption pigment at non-specular angles. There is also a transmission color that combines the effects of the two pigments. Experimentation is suggested before use.

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