CI 74160

Adds color.

In the Added colorants group

What it is

A blue pigment from the phthalocyanine family, made in a lab and containing copper.

Gives the product a blue 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

EU cosmetics law bans it only in some forms or uses (Annex II, entry 1367).

No specific concern identified · Cosmetics, EU

Allowed as a colorant in all EU cosmetic products, with no extra conditions (Annex IV).

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