Part of a three-volume work, this text represents expertise from worldwide authorities in the pigment industry and provides readers with details of such topics as the physical and chemical meaning of colour, the world market for pigments and the properties and reasons for use of each pigment.

The second edition of this work, one in a three-volume set, continues the outstanding compilation of information originally brought together by T.C.Patton. It represents the expertise from worldwide authorities in the pigment industry, giving readers ready access to such topics as the physical and chemical meaning of color, the worldwide market for pigments, and the properties and major reasons for use of each of the pigments covered in the text. In addition to the updated and new data in this edition are new chapters on novel organic and inorganic pigments that were not even at the research stage when the 1973 version was published. Most chapters include a new and unique section concerning the effect of the pigment under discussion on human health and on the environment. In light of new legislative standards, these discussions have special significance. The third volume in this text is entitled "Characterization and Physical Relationships".

White pigments
extender pigments
coloured inorganic pigments
coloured organic pigments
black pigments
metallic pigments
nacreous (pearlescent) pigments and interference pigments
luminescent organic pigments
fluorescent and phosphorescent inorganic pigments
miscellaneous
food, drug, and cosmetic colours.