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INCI ingredient

CI 12490

Also listed as: CI 12490/Pigment Red 5, CI 12490 (Pigment Red 5), Sodium Sulfate: CI 12490

CI 12490 appears on 16 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shavings.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

CI 12490 appears on 16 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shavings.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: colorant

Products with CI 12490

in 16 products

Showing 16 of 16 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • colorant
  • colorant: Exclusively or mainly intended to colour the cosmetic product, the body as a whole or certain parts thereof, by absorption or reflection of visible light; (precursors of oxidative hair colorants shall be deemed colorants). All authorised colorants are substances in the positive list of Annex IV to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

CAS 6410-41-9 · EC 229-107-2

EU regulation

Listed in Annex IV (ref. 14) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. IV/14 (CI 12490) II/1347 (Pigment Red 5; CI 12490: and its salts when used as a substance in hair dye products)

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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