Pigment Blue 60

Brand	Fineland Chem
Color Index	Pigment Blue 60
Color Index No	69800
CAS No	81-77-6
EC No	201-375-5
Chemical Group	Anthraquinones
Chemical Formula	C₂₈H₁₄N₂O₄

Introduction

Pigment Blue 60 delivers a clean, brilliant red-shade blue with outstanding durability and brilliance. Known for its superior light and weather fastness, it outperforms traditional CuPc pigments, maintaining stability under extreme heat and solvent conditions. Its excellent transparency and gloss make it ideal for luxury coatings, especially automotive and metallic paints. The pigment also offers remarkable thermal stability (up to 300 °C in HDPE) and Grade 8 lightfastness in soft PVC, ensuring long-lasting performance and color integrity. Its refined hue and high-end reliability make PB60 a premium choice for advanced coatings, plastics, and security inks.

Best Sellings

PB60 – DuraPaint®3660-1R ⬇️TDS

This is a red-shade blue pigment with excellent color strength and good dispersion, developed for coating applications .

Physical Properties

Test Item	Specification
Density (g/cm3 )	1.45-1.54
Specific Surface Area(m2/g)	40-57
Oil Absorption(g/100g)	40-45
PH Value	6.1-6.5
Bulk Density (lb/gal)	12.1-12.8
Total impurities(ppm)	≤600

Fastness Properties

Heat Resistance (℃)	300	Alkali Resistance (1-5)	5
Light Resistance (Full Shade, 1-8)	8	Migration Resistance(1-5)	5
Light (Reduced tinting, 1-8)	7	Ethyl Acetate (1-5)	5
Weather Resistance (1-5)	5	Ethanol (1-5)	5
Acid Resistance (1-5)	5	MEK (1-5)	5

Application

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Advantages

Outstanding Light and Weather Fastness – PB60 provides superior resistance to light and outdoor exposure, even exceeding that of copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) pigments, making it ideal for automotive and industrial coatings.

High Transparency and Gloss – Ensures excellent visual clarity and metallic effect, especially in automotive and decorative finishes.

Versatile Application Range – Widely used in automotive coatings, metallic decorative paints, plastics, and high-end security or currency printing inks.

Synonyms

Cojanil Blue	Blue KP-531	Foscolor Blue 60	Lionol Blue 6505
Monolite Blue 3R	Cromophtal Blue A3R	Fastogen Super Blue 6073	Pigment Blue Anthraquinone
Lufilen Blue 64-7005	Microlith Blue A3R-KP	14,18-Anthrazinetetrone, 6,15-dihydro-9	6,15-dihydro-anthrazine-5,9,14,18-tetrone
6,15-Dihydro-5,9,14,18-anthrazinetetrone, Pigment Blue 60	Dinaphtho[2,3-a:2′,3′-h]phenazine-5,9,14,18(6H,15H)-tetraone