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  • Eliana

    Beginning formulator
    June 25, 2023 at 2:32 pm in reply to: How much colour to use?

    I was wondering if anyone could guide me on how to colour match a
    personal care product to another, or to a particular pantone colour.
    i.e. a green shampoo in this case.

    For example pantone 2251C:
    approx. %
    31% Blue 1
    12% Yellow 5
    57% White

    I have access to diluted dyes (at 1% for Blue 1, and 0.5% for yellow
    5), and opacifier for the white.

    How much of each colour in grams do I add in a 100g product? Surely
    31g of Blue and 57g of White is far too much, and will also dilute the
    product?

    I am definitely missing something here! Please help! 🙂

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