Yellow 6

CI 15985

Adds color.

In the Added colorants group

What it is

A lab-made orange-yellow dye of the azo type, a large family of synthetic colors.

Gives the product an orange-yellow color.

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Adds colorOfficial EU function: Colorant

Added colorants

Some people prefer products without added color.

A group is a fact about the ingredient, not a judgement of it.

Restricted in certain uses · Cosmetics, EU

Allowed as a colorant in EU cosmetics with conditions (Annex IV).

A label gives no amounts, so none of this says a product is unsafe.