SQ Pure color pigment - Iron Oxide Red - KIO015
Description: Cosmetic color pigment.
Iron Oxides are chemical compounds of iron and oxygen. Altogether there are 16 known iron oxides and hydroxides.
Iron oxides and hydroxide are widely distributed in nature, play an important role in the many geological and biological processes and are commonly used by people, for example like iron ore, color pigments, and catalysts. Rust is a type of iron oxide. Iron oxides are often used as cheap, sustainable pigments in paint, coatings and colored concrete.
INCI: Iron Oxide Red (CI 77491)
CAS: 1309-37-1
Synonym: Ferric oxide
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): Fe2O3
Can be used safely in makeup.
Meets the purity criteria of E172.
