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HOW do i color my oil water mix to be white?
HOW do i color my oil water mix to be white? I have Suga D9 Mulse in it with a mix of different oils…the colors yellow which i dont like…how do i make it white?
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8 Replies
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If it’s yellow it might not be a perfect emulsion. Try a freeze-thaw cycle or two and see whether any separation occurs.
If you want to artificially colour anything white, titanium dioxide is your well-known friend.
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If some of your oils are dark in colour they will contribute - try and keep these to a minimum and use white emulsifiers and white or colourless oils if the whiteness is that important, but of course you may be changing functionality.
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Sometimes you can off-set a yellow color with a little Violet #2
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Perry said:Sometimes you can off-set a yellow color with a little Violet #2
what color will it turn into?
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Blue offsets yellow to make it more white.
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Is your product currently an opaque or clear liquid. Poly Sugamulse D9 can form both clear and opaque products depending on usage and other ingredients.I recommend sharing your formula or at least ingredients list to get more accurate advice. -
As @Benz3ne said, a lot of TiO2 could outweigh the yellow.That said, I think the best approach is to swap out your deeply yellow ingredients (I’m guessing low quality oils) with clear (esters) or light yellow (better quality) ingredients. That will be a cost effective and rapid solution.
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In theory, opacifiers alone will slightly lighten the formula. Swap the yellow oils, add titanium dioxide and a little bit of blue, you could get to white-white.
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