Pearlescent
Also known as Effect Pigments, these materials are used to provide shine, luminosity, and a pearlescent finish to exterior coatings. Their multilayer structure interacts with light to generate optical effects of depth, iridescence, and subtle color shifts. An additional surface treatment makes these pigments highly resistant to extreme weathering conditions.
Applications
Pearlescent
- OEM and Refinish automotive paint
- Powder coating
- Coil coatings
- Paint for motorcycles, bicycles, helmets, and protective and safety gear.
- Paint for motorcycles, helmets, bicycles, solar panels, greenhouse covers, facades, plastic coatings, or wood coatings
- Greenhouse coverings, solar panels, facades.
- Items requiring high weathering resistance.
- Coatings for plastic or wood.
- Toys
Natural Mica
Natural mica pigments coated with titanium dioxide and/or iron oxides and tin oxide. It was one of the first substrates used to create pearlescent, iridescent, and non-metallic metallic tones, and can be used in almost all applications across a wide variety of industries.
The additional surface treatment provides long-term durability and weathering resistance for high-performance applications.
- Automotive Natural® Natural mica pigments coated with TiO2 and/or metal oxides. This is the most economical product line, which, as its name suggests, is based on sustainably sourced natural mica. They feature vivid and bright colors. 23 options including whites, metallics, and interference colors. Available from 2-12 µm to 18-102 µm.
- Automotive Kromax® Latest generation patented automotive pigments designed to create pearlescent, iridescent, and metallic tones with the "maximum" color level currently available on the market. Available in 6 colors and sizes of 5-35 µm and 7-35 µm.
Synthetic Mica
Synthetic mica pigments coated with titanium dioxide and/or metal oxides. Products with a high level of purity and low heavy-metal content. This results in greater whiteness and clean, bright colors.
The additional surface treatment provides long-term durability and weathering resistance for high-performance applications.
- Automotive™ is the exterior version of the Reflex™ range. They provide clean, high-chromaticity interference effects, and bright, saturated non-metallic metallic effects, thanks to the synthetic mica substrate. The white (pearlescent) grades are especially clean and feature a significantly higher level of whiteness compared to standard natural mica-based products. It is the widest range of synthetic mica pigments coated with metal oxides. Available in 35 varieties, including white, metallic, and interference references. Sizes from 2 to 102 µm.
- Automotive Chaos® Innovative "premium" synthetic mica pigments that are double-coated with TiO2 and iron oxides. Thanks to a patented coating technology, it is possible to achieve significant increases in gloss, opacity, and color intensity. Range of 6 colors in 5-35 µm sizes.
- Automotive Ferrius® Exclusive non-metallic metallic effect pigments. The use of a patented oxide coating technology, composed of high-purity Fe2O3, results in pigments with superior chromatic intensity, gloss, and opacity. The larger particle size distributions in this line also provide more significant "metallic" reflectivity. An additional surface treatment offers the benefit of greater compatibility with various resin systems, as well as significant long-term durability. Series of 10 colors in Bronze, Orange, Copper, and Reds, in sizes of 7-37 µm.
- Automotive Kromax® Latest generation patented automotive pigments designed to create pearlescent, iridescent, and metallic tones with the "maximum" color level currently available on the market. Available in 10 colors and sizes of 5-25 µm and 7-27 µm.
- RaLius® is a product line designed to meet the demands of the future autonomous driving market, with a focus on consumer safety and color preferences. It provides a luxurious appearance through deep black tones, while offering high compatibility with Lidar sensor technology and reflecting infrared rays, in line with Total Solar Reflectance (TSR) requirements. Thanks to these characteristics, RaLius® overcomes color limitations in the future automotive market and paves the way for advanced autonomous driving solutions, offering a better market and a more promising future.
- Sollite® is a high-performance pearlescent pigment designed for colored solar panels, especially suitable for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) applications. It offers vivid colors, high efficiency, stability, reliability, and a long service life, making it an eco-friendly choice for use on building exteriors as both a functional and colorful design element. Solar panels using Sollite® offer optimal performance when installed on sun-exposed surfaces, providing both beautiful color and effective electricity generation. Furthermore, it helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, and has great potential in the growing renewable energy market.
Glass/Glass Flake
The smooth surface and uniform nature of glass allow for the generation of highly chromatic and highly saturated colors. Its transparency adds an extra dimension to the formulations in which it is used, providing the observer with a sense of depth not obtained with other types of effect pigments. It is specially surface-treated to improve long-term durability and weathering resistance for use in high-performance applications.
- Axion® Borosilicate pigments coated with TiO2 and metal oxides that provide a "diamond" effect. Their clean, translucent base allows for high gloss and vivid color reflections to be added to coatings without interfering with the background color. Available in 7 colors and sizes from 5-35 µm to 15-90 µm.
- Axion Econa Black® Pigments based on glass flakes coated with bamboo charcoal. This innovative, completely natural material offers a matte black finish aligned with the ECO, concept, providing a modern, sustainable aesthetic. It stands out for its high hiding power and excellent temperature resistance—an ideal option for a wide range of industrial applications, combining functionality and environmental responsibility. Available size: 3–35 µm.
Alumina
Adamas Exterior® Effect pigments based on high-purity laminar alumina, manufactured using CQV's patented technology. This substrate features superior particle uniformity in both thickness and smoothness compared to other substrates used in effect pigments. This allows for the creation of high-chromaticity and high-saturation colors, with an excellent gloss and sparkle effect that is not possible to achieve with other effect pigments of similar particle size.
These pigments receive a surface treatment using CQV's proprietary technology, ensuring exceptional long-term durability and high weathering resistance. High compatibility with most resins.
Range of 19 shades in 5-30 µm size and one Black in 9-50 µm.
Optically Variable Pigments (POV / OVP)
High-performance multichromatic pearlescent pigments that create spectacular color shifts, gloss, and visual depth. Manufactured with advanced coating technology, they provide vibrant colors, excellent performance in various applications, and comply with major international quality and safety standards.
Key features:
- Pigments with a color travel effect.
- Variation of 2 to 3 colors in a single pigment.
- Compatible with water-based (W/B) and solvent-based (S/B) paint systems.
- Good dispersion and excellent color quality.
Available in 5 colors with a unique and fantasy effect. Particle size 6-45 µm.