It has a clean, reddish undertone and a deep masstone. It is an important pigment in high chroma blue metallic and mica automotive finishes.
Heat stability is dependent on pigment concentration, polymer type and residence time.
The temperatures above are guidelines only. Bleeding characteristics Determine by suspending 0.5 g of pigment in 15 ml of solvent or chemical solution, shaking well in a test tube. Allow to stand for 5 minutes, shake well again and then filter through Whatman Filter Paper No. 50 collecting filtrate into a clean test tube. Centrifuge if any turbidity appears in the filtrate.