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COLORANTS

Dynamic color solutions with excellent application and processability

COLOR CHEMISTRY IN ACTION

CURATED COLOR SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR APPLICATION

Milliken colorants do more than add vibrancy. They deliver performance, precision, and versatility across industries—from agriculture and laundry to inks, coatings, and plastics. 

With decades of experience in polymeric colorant innovation, Milliken develops high-performance liquid and solid colorants for industries where precision and aesthetics matter. Our solutions elevate your brand identity, support your functionality, and help you stand out in your market. We are the right partner to support your plastic, coating, foam, or agriculture product colorant needs, and our team helps you balance visual and performance needs with regulatory demands.

SOLUTION SPOTLIGHT

Liquid and Powder Colorants

Our signature Liquitint® line, along with Milliken’s entire colorant portfolio, offer customizable colorants engineered for performance—including non-staining and water-solubility—and processability across consumer goods, laundry, and household applications. 

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SOLUTION SPOTLIGHT

Polyurethane (PU) Colorants

Reactint® colorants provide deep color saturation and consistent results in PU foams, coatings, and elastomers—without adversely affecting PU formations or manufacturing processability.

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SOLUTION SPOTLIGHT

Plastic Colorants

Our leading KeyPlast® and ClearTint™ colorants enhance transparency, performance, and color stability across PET, PLA, PP, and other polymer applications.

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SOLUTION SPOTLIGHT

Coating and Ink Colorants

With a range of pigment systems, our colorants help formulators achieve the right balance of aesthetics, opacity, and dispersion in water- and solvent-based coatings.

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SOLUTION SPOTLIGHT

Agriculture, Turf, and Ornamental Colorants

From spray indicators to seed treatments, our liquid, non-staining colorants enable high visibility, uniform coverage that is non-migratory and water soluble.

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EXPLORE OUR COLORANT SOLUTIONS

LIQUID AND POWDER COLORANTS

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Liquitint™

Deliver vibrant, water-soluble performance for home and fabric care, cleaning, and industrial and institutional formulations. Liquitint™ offers non-staining properties, excellent stability, and broad compatibility.
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Liquitint™ SureChoice

Intentionally formulated to qualify for use in Safer Choice-certified products and are listed in the CleanGredients database. 

POLYURETHANE (PU) COLORANTS

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Reactint® Polymeric Colorants

Provide rich, non-streaking color to PU foams, elastomers, and coatings. Engineered to integrate without impacting curing or foam properties.
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Custom PU Color Solutions

Work with Milliken’s color experts to develop a custom PU formulation solution tailored to your performance and aesthetic needs.

PLASTIC COLORANTS

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KeyPlast® Colorants

Polyester-based dyes formulated for transparency and brightness across polymer systems, including polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC), polylactic acid, and acrylic.
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ClearTint™ Colorants

Tailored for polypropylene (PP) and polyolefins, ClearTint™ colorants provide clarity and low extractables for regulated applications.
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Resist™ Colorants

High-performance colorants designed for engineering polymers that require thermal stability, migration resistance, and consistency.
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Resist XTR™ Colorants

High-chromatic orange colorants for engineering polymers used in thermally demanding applications like EV battery connectors. 

COATING AND INK COLORANTS

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Creative Colorants™

Designed for skin- and fabric-washability in children’s products like markers, paints, and activity kits—with safety and cleanup in mind.
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Applied Colorant Solutions

Develop tailored ink and coating colorants leveraging Milliken’s color expertise

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AGRICULTURE, TURF, AND ORNAMENTAL COLORANTS

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Blazon® 

Colorants engineered to enhance spray pattern visibility on turf, improving application accuracy and reducing product waste in landscaping and turf maintenance.
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Bullseye™ 

Water-soluble liquid spray pattern indicators help ensure uniform application of tank mixes in forestry, agriculture, and industrial vegetation management.
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Evergreen™ Jade

Specialty colorants for turf maintenance products that combine vivid color with longevity to assist in monitoring and product application.

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BRING VIBRANCY AND BOLDNESS TO YOUR PRODUCTS

Partnering with Milliken’s color experts allows you to harness tailored solutions that deliver vibrant, durable, and compliant colorants across industries. Whether you’re developing new formulations or optimizing existing ones, our team is here to help you achieve your color goals with precision and confidence.

COLORANT RESOURCES

Color Matching Services

Discover how Milliken’s advanced color-matching technology ensures consistency and accuracy across your formulations.

Biocide-Free Colorants

Launched in 2025, Liquitint VerafreeTM is a microbially robust, label-friendly colorant platform offering infinite color possibilities. With Liquitint Verafree™, brands can formulate household cleaners and laundry products using colorants free of biocides without compromising overall product performance.

Reactint® Color Studio

Visit our interactive Reactint® Color Studio to explore formulation inspiration and color-matching tools for PU systems.