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INCI ingredient

CI 16255

Also listed as: Cl 16255, Ci16255, CI 16255 (Red 18), Dye Red CI 16255

CI 16255 appears on 111 ingredient lists in our database.

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 16255 appears on 111 ingredient lists in our database.

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, hair dyeing

Products with CI 16255

in 111 products

Showing 24 of 111 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • colorant
  • hair dyeing
  • 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.
  • hair dyeing: Imparting color to hair. Hair dyeing preparations may be temporary, semi-permanent, permanent, depending on the length of time the colorant remains on the hair.

CAS 2611-82-7 · EC 220-036-2

EU regulation

Listed in Annex IV (ref. 35) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. IV/35 (CI 16255) III/192 (Acid Red 18; Acid Red 18 Aluminum Lake) Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 124)

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

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