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Listing both the essential colorant and registered commercial names.</p> </li> <li> <h1>Become a registrant</h1> <p>Contributions from the world鈥檚 biggest dye and pigment manufacturers working closely with the SDC to ensure 13,000 chemical structures and 37,000 commercial names are listed correctly.</p> </li> <li> <h1>Range of Subscribers</h1> <p>Used by dye and pigment users in textiles, paints, plastics, cosmetics, personal care products as well as universities, forensics and museum conservators this product has many uses.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="cta"> <div class="row"> <div class="button"> <a href="https://colour-index.com/subscribers" class="btn btn-primary btn-block btn-lg">Find out more about subscriptions</a> </div> <div class="button"> <a href="https://colour-index.com/registrants" class="btn btn-primary btn-block btn-lg">Find out more about becoming a contributor</a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <h2>What we can offer</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="content"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <div class="box"><i class="fa fa-smile-o"></i> <h3><a href="https://colour-index.com/about">About Us</a></h3> <p>Colour Index™ is published by the Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) and American Association of Textile Chemists and Colourists (AATCC). First published in 1924 it is the definitive guide for essential colourants.</p> </div> <div class="box"><i class="fa fa-question"></i> <h3><a href="https://colour-index.com/introduction-to-the-colour-index">What is the </a>Colour Index™</h3> <p>The Colour Index™ describes the <a href="https://colour-index.com/essential-colourant">essential colourant</a> of a dye or pigment by application class and chemical class. Assigning a relevant <a href="https://colour-index.com/colour-index-generic-name"><u><em><strong><span title="Colour Index Generic Name">CIGN</span></strong></em></u></a> and <a href="https://colour-index.com/cicn-explained"><u><em><strong><span title="Colour Index Constitution Number">CICN</span></strong></em></u></a> allows identification by a world recognised system.</p> </div> <div class="box"><i class="fa fa-sort-amount-asc"></i> <h3>Colour Index™<a href="https://colour-index.com/ci-organisation"> Organisation</a></h3> <p>Colour Index™ is organised and run by two technical boards, one responsible for the Dyes, the other responsible for Pigments & Solvent Dyes. These are committees of professional people from the industry they serve.</p> </div> <div class="box"><i class="fa fa-thumbs-o-up"></i> <h3>Colour Index™<a href="https://colour-index.com/ci-explained"> explained</a></h3> <p>Many terms are used in the Colour Index™. Look here to better understand how the colourants are ordered and listed and how to use the Colour Index™effectively.</p> </div> <div class="box"><i class="fa fa-graduation-cap"></i> <h3><a href="https://colour-index.com/technical-info">Technical Information</a></h3> <p>Covering such a wide range of industries use this section to find the definition of a dye and pigment and what makes them different as well as other industries use of colour explained.</p> </div> <div class="box"><i class="fa fa-globe"></i> <h3><a href="https://colour-index.com/associated-organisations">Associated Organisations</a></h3> <p>The SDC and AATCC work with other organisations on the content and use of the Colour Index<span rgb(51,="" 51,="" 51);="" font-family:="" sans-serif,="" arial,="" verdana,="" "trebuchet="" ms";="" font-size:="" 13px;="" background-color:="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);"="">™ such as ETAD, CDIA to name a few. 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