Article: Pigments of the Imagination : Multilayer pigment technology creates fresh, surprising looks in color cosmetics.

New effects are the lifeblood of the color cosmetic market. Mica, coated with titanium dioxide to yield a pigment with a silvery, pearl-like effect, was patented in the early 1960s(1), and lustrous silverwhite pearl pigments have become a mainstay in the industry since then. Later developments took advantage of thin-film optics and resulted in pigments made from only these starting materials, which could give a range of interference colors (typically, the color can range from gold to copper, red, violet, blue, and green). The thickness of the titanium dioxide layer determines the interference color(2).

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