ASEAN Handbook of Cosmetic Ingredients

List of Colouring Agents Allowed For Use in Cosmetic Products

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Field of application

Column 1: Colouring agents allowed in all cosmetic products.

Column 2: Colouring agents allowed in all cosmetic products except those intend to be applied in the vicinity of eyes, in particular eye make-up and eye make-up remover.

Column 3: Colouring agents allowed exclusively in cosmetic products intended to come into contact with the mucous membranes.

Column 4: Colouring agents allowed exclusively in cosmetic products intended to come into contact only briefly with the skin.

Column 5 Colouring agents allowed exclusively in cosmetic products intended to be applied externally.

CI Number Colour Field of Application Country
1 2 3 4 5
14600 Orange X Singapore
16150 Red X Singapore
16155 Red X Singapore
46035 Red X Phillipines
75480 Henna* To color hair only Phillipines
77013 Complex of sodium aluminium sulfosilicate (ultramarine green) X Thailand
X Indonesia
77019 Mica* X Thailand, Indonesia, Phillipines
77520 Ferric ammonium ferrocyanide X Thailand
X Indonesia, Phillipines
N/A Bismuth citrate X Indonesia
N/A Dihydroxyacetone* X Phillipines
N/A Aceton Dihydroxide X Indonesia
N/A Disodium EDTA-copper X Indonesia
N/A Guiazulene (1,4-Dimethyl-7-(1- Methyl-ethyl) Azulene) X Thailand
X Indonesia

*Not considered as colouring agent and allowed for use without restriction elsewhere.

*Not considered as colouring agent elsewhere. Limited use in tanning products in Thailand and Cambodia (see Part II).