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Pyrisma®

Coatings Effect Pigments preview Application by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

INTERFERENCE PIGMENTS

Pyrisma® opens a new dimesion of chroma for mica based interference pigments; be it in coatings, print or plastic applications.

BEAUTY IN AN INSTANT

Powerful colors capture attention. The extraordinary saturation and variety of our Pyrisma® effect pigments create fascinating new color worlds for coatings. Based on natural mica, this innovative pigment generation was developed especially for the requirements of the coatings industry.  

Product features

  • Vitality and intensity 
  • Strong colors loaded with energy 
  • Made for coatings applications  

Optics 

  • Complementing shades that open new color worlds 
  • Extraordinary color saturation and color variety 
  • Specially developed titanium dioxide interference layers based on natural mica 

APPLICATIONS

The features of Pyrisma® are optimized for: 

  • Automotive
  • Architecture
  • Coatings

With a minimum number of pigments, Pyrisma® allows intense color effects even in the thinnest coating layers. The product range is available with an additional surface treatment that allows it to be used in all imaginable exterior applications. 

PYRISMA® FOR PRINT AND PLASTICS APPLICATIONS

Following Pyrisma®'s successful introduction in the coatings industry, a non-weather-stable version of this novel effect pigment was launched for internal applications. For example, the Pyrisma® T30 series can be used in flexo, gravure, and screen printing or for pressure and paper coatings. Its uses in plastics are almost unlimited. 

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

The Pyrisma® product series is based on natural mica. Its secret lies in the specially developed titanium dioxide layers, which are responsible for the various interference effects. Eight Pyrisma® interference tones have been predetermined with the help of highly developed, complex colorimetric calculations. Mixing the members of this perfectly matched pigment family results in an almost infinite color spectrum.