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Ultramarine Blue
The signature Holliday blue, available from red-shade through to green-shade. Transparent in clear resin, heat stable and lightfast.
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Products
Pigments engineered for makers.
Ultramarine blue, violet and pink, plus manganese violet — presented by the application they colour.
Pigment ranges
Four colours. Multiple Shades.
Ultramarines occupy a unique position in the colour space, making it impossible to achieve an exact match by blending other pigments together.
Ultramarine range
PV 15
Ultramarine Violet
A warm, luminous violet. Holliday's technical breakthroughs made commercial production of violet ultramarine possible.
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PR 259
Ultramarine Pink
A unique, high-purity pink sharing the ultramarine family's lightfastness, non-toxicity and clean shade.
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PV 16
Manganese Violet
A distinct chemistry from the ultramarines, and a distinct position in the colour space — deeper and further from the blue axis than ultramarine violet. It completes the shade range available to cosmetics and coatings formulators, and can also be used for colour correction in plastics applications.
Manganese Violet · PV 16
A violet of its own.
A distinct chemistry from the ultramarines, and a distinct position in the colour space — deeper and further from the blue axis than ultramarine violet. It gives formulators a mineral violet with its own performance profile, across cosmetics, plastics and coatings.
General performance
- Good dispersibility
- Reliable colour performance
- Good heat stability
- Visually consistent finishes
- Refined violet effects
Depending on formulation, binder chemistry and processing conditions.
Where it is used
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Cosmetics colours
Provides a distinctive reddish-violet shade with excellent colour stability for cosmetic formulations.
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Make-up
Ideal for creating clean violet tones and cool undertones in pressed powders, eye products and colour cosmetics.
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Nail polish and decorative formulas
Delivers reliable violet colour performance in decorative and nail applications.
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Soaps & bath products
Enables stable violet shades in selected soap and bath product formulations.
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Plastics and engineering polymers
Offers an inorganic violet option for selected plastic applications requiring heat stability and low migration.
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Coatings, paints and inks
Provides durable violet colour effects for coatings and specialty formulations.
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Colour correction / shade adjustment
Helps fine-tune undertones and create elegant violet nuances in complex pigment blends.
Applications
Everywhere colour matters.
Plastics
A pioneer in high-performance ultramarine pigments for plastics, Holliday Premium Pigments developed advanced solutions for both thermoplastic and thermosetting systems.
Engineered for demanding polymer applications, our ultramarine pigments combine excellent heat stability, easy dispersion and complete insolubility in plastics. Unlike many organic pigments, they help preserve dimensional stability in polyolefins while their inherent transparency delivers a refined, high-purity “crystal blue” effect in clear polymers.
- Suitable for selected food-contact (FDA) and toy applications (EN 71-3), subject to applicable regulatory requirements
- Helps maintain dimensional stability in polyolefins and supports consistent processing performance
- High transparency — enables crystal-blue effects in clear polymers.
Paints & Coatings
Suitable for a broad range of paint and coating systems, including selected water-based formulations and powder coatings for industrial and household applications.
Ultramarine pigments disperse easily, provide excellent lightfastness and offer good heat stability in appropriately formulated systems. They are well suited to strong blue shades and to the optical correction of whites. In selected powder coatings, suitable grades can contribute to durable, visually consistent finishes.
- Suitable for creating attractive blue effects in clear lacquers over metal and pearlescent base coats.
- Can be combined with titanium dioxide to increase opacity, depending on the target shade and formulation requirements.
- Selected grades can support durable, visually stable finishes in exterior powder coating systems.
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Cosmetics
Where products are intended for use on the skin, safety is paramount. Our cosmetic colour portfolio includes synthetic ultramarines and manganese violet, selected for their clean shades, reliable performance and suitability for a wide range of cosmetic applications, subject to applicable regulations and grade compliance.
Approved for use in cosmetic applications under major regulatory frameworks, including the FDA, the EU and Japan, subject to the relevant specifications and restrictions. Manufacturers can choose from a broad colour range — from red-shade blue to green-shade blue, ultramarine violet, ultramarine pink and manganese violet — for applications such as eye shadows, mascaras, eyeliners, blushers, lip products, and body and face make-up, where permitted by applicable regulations.
- Suitable for cosmetic use under FDA, EU and Japanese regulations, subject to applicable specifications, restrictions and grade-specific compliance
- Non-staining and easily incorporated into formulations
- Ultramarine blue can be used to adjust and enhance black shades in mascaras and eyeliners, while manganese violet offers clean, distinctive violet tones for selected colour cosmetic applications.
Others
New applications are constantly being developed for ultramarine pigments and manganese violet, reflecting their versatility in selected industrial and colour-critical applications.
From artists’ colours and printing inks to construction materials, seed coding, detergent whitening and specialty colour applications, ultramarine pigments and manganese violet offer distinctive shades, reliable performance and formulation opportunities where clean colour, heat stability and visual differentiation are required.
- Low heavy metal content, non-migratory and excellent insolubility in most application systems
- Colour-corrects white powders such as china clay, gypsum and titanium dioxide — manganese violet should be considered separately for selected shade adjustment applications.
- Non-reproducible shade offers anti-counterfeit potential
Artists Colours
Professional artists’ colours and selected creative applications — including oils, acrylics, watercolours, gouache and pastels — depending on pigment grade, formulation and applicable safety requirements. Ultramarine pigments provide clean blue, violet and pink shades, while manganese violet offers a distinctive mineral violet tone.
Inks & Packaging
Selected printing ink and packaging applications, including screen, flexographic and gravure inks, hot stamping foils and specialty packaging, subject to pigment grade, formulation, regulatory requirements and end-use conditions.
Specialty Industrial Application
Suitable for selected specialty industrial applications where distinctive colour, good stability and reliable pigment performance are required. Suitability should be assessed according to the pigment grade, formulation, processing conditions and final end-use requirements.
Rubber & Leather
Selected rubber and leather applications, subject to manufacturers’ specifications, pigment compatibility, processing conditions and end-use performance requirements.
Agriculture
Colour coding for treated cereal grains.
Detergents & Paper
Whitening agents and colour correction for paper and white powders. Manganese violet should be considered separately for selected shade adjustment or specialty colour applications.
Product references
Grades by application.
Non-exhaustive. Shade, particle size and regulatory status vary by grade — talk to us about the right reference for your system.
Cosmetics 8 references
| Pigment | Reference |
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| Ultramarine blue — greenish | 02C |
| Ultramarine blue — reddish | 32C, 08C, 51C, 61C, 05C |
| Acid-resistant ultramarine blue | 17C, 54C |
| Ultramarine violet | 11C |
| Ultramarine violet | 12C |
| Ultramarine pink | 19C |
| Manganese violet — bluish | VM41C |
| Manganese violet — reddish | VM43C |
Plastics 9 references
| Pigment | Premier range | Fiber range | Premier D range | Prestige range | Organoleptic |
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| Ultramarine blue, green strong | GS | — | DGS | — | — |
| Ultramarine blue, high strong red | RX | FRX | DRX | Prestige RX / PRX | Premier BC |
| Ultramarine blue, strong red | RS | — | DRS | — | — |
| Ultramarine blue, medium red | RM | — | DRM | Prestige RM / PRM | — |
| Ultramarine blue, extra acid resistant | XAR | — | DXAR | — | — |
| High tinting strength RS violet | VSR | — | — | — | — |
| High tinting strength BS violet | VSB | — | — | — | — |
| Manganese violet, blue shade | VM | — | — | — | — |
| Manganese violet, red shade | VT | — | — | — | — |
Other applications 14 references
| Pigment | Reference |
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| Ultramarine blue, greenish | 02 |
| Ultramarine blue, greenish | 03 |
| Ultramarine blue, reddish | 05 |
| Ultramarine blue, reddish | 07 |
| Ultramarine blue, reddish | 08 |
| Acid-resistant ultramarine blue | 54 |
| Ultramarine violet | 11 |
| Ultramarine violet | 12 |
| Ultramarine violet — reddest | 39 |
| Ultramarine blue, reddish | 26 |
| Ultramarine blue, reddish | 32 |
| Ultramarine blue, reddish | 51 |
| Manganese violet, bluish | VM40 |
| Manganese violet, reddish | VM44 |
Quality & certifications
A colour you can put on a label.
Ultramarine is low in heavy metal content, non-migratory and insoluble in all solvents. It is recognised as non-toxic, carries FDA approval for food contact, is certified EN 71-3 for toy applications, and is approved by the FDA, the EU and Japan for cosmetic use without certification.
- ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001
- REACH compliant
- FDA compliant for food contact
- EN 71-3
- Cosmos and EcoCert eligible
- Kosher and Halal
- FDA, EU & Japan — cosmetics, no certification required
- Low heavy metal content
- Non-toxic, non-staining
- Non-migratory, insoluble in all solvents
Non-exhaustive — a detailed list is available on request.
