Patent ID: 7198668

Claim:
Pigment granules having an average particle size from 50 to 5000 μm and a BET surface area ≦15 m 2 /g, consisting of (A) from 60 to 90% by weight of at least one pigment and (B) from 10 to 40% by weight of at least one nonionic surface-active additive based on polyethers, wherein said component (B) comprises ethylene oxide- or propylene oxide- or mixed ethylene oxide/propylene oxide-adducts with amines or alcohols, or ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymers, obtained by wet-comminution of said pigment (A) in aqueous suspension in the presence of some or all of said additive (B) and subsequent spray granulation of said suspension, if applicable after the rest of additive (B) has been added.