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INCI ingredient

CI 15985

Also listed as: Sunset Yellow, Yellow 6, CI 15985 / Yellow 6 Lake, CI 15985 (Yellow 6), CI 15985 / Yellow 6, Yellow 6 (Ci 15985)

Sunset Yellow, a synthetic orange dye identified by its colour index number.

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 15985 is the colour index name for Sunset Yellow FCF, also called Yellow 6. It tints shower gels, shampoos, mouthwash and orange-flavoured oral care products. CosIng lists it as a colorant.

It is synthetic and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: colorant

Products with CI 15985

in 407 products

Showing 24 of 407 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 2783-94-0 · EC 220-491-7

EU regulation

Listed in Annex IV (ref. 31) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. IV/31 Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 110)

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

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