Colourant Manual

The Colourant Manual – Volume VI (2026 Q1)
Nearly 200 pages of factual, unbiased knowledge on PMU pigment colourants 🧡

No more searching through SDS sheets for every pigment you own. This is the work done for you, in one visual guide. Every colourant, CI code and carrier agent has been taken directly from the bottles for the most accurate reading, because SDS sheets and online listings are so often missing information.

No brand bias and no sales pitch. Just the facts, so you can choose, mix and predict pigments with confidence.

The Science

• Pigment chemistry: what a pigment actually is, and why it needs a carrier agent to get into the skin
• InOrganics vs Organics: iron oxides vs carbon-hydrogen based pigments, and how each behaves in terms of vibrancy, tinting strength, opacity, particle size and fading
• Lightfastness: which colours fade fastest and which last longest
• Titanium Dioxide & Zinc Oxide: the whites in your pigments and why they matter
• The Value Scale: understanding how light or dark a colour really is
• EU REACH: what the regulations mean for your pigments

The Colourants

• Popular PMU pigment colourants explained
• A full colourant list covering organic synthetic pigments, inorganic mineral and synthetic pigments, natural organic dyes, and organic synthetic hybrids and lakes
• Colour bias: why the same hue can have a completely different temperature
• Carbon Black: Black 6 vs Black 7, same CI number, different properties

Carrier Agents

• A full breakdown of carrier agent properties, plus the carrier agents and C.A.S numbers listed for each brand

Brand-by-brand pigment breakdowns
Every shade includes its warm, neutral or cool classification, light value, organic, inorganic or hybrid category, full CI codes and a realistic colour swatch.

Lip Pigments

• Hanafy: Original, Julia Vasileva and Dark Lips
• Etalon Mix, including the Antonina Andrusenko line
• Brovi, including the Alcoholic Set
• Face
• Permablend: Original and LUXE EU REACH Line
• Evenflo: True Lips and Correctors
• Sculpted: Embody and Enhance
• Tina Davies: Lust and Envy
• World Famous Ink
• Eternal Ink
• Mara Colors and Mara Pro
• Hanami
• iColor
• Ever After, including the Tess Marti Collection
• Biotek
• rbkollors
• The Pigment

Brow Pigments

• Monica Ivani
• Face: InOrganic Hybrid, InOrganic, Organic and Modifiers
• Tina Davies: FADE and the Organic/Hybrid Collection
• Li: Aqua Original, Aqua Correctors and Euro
• Etalon Mix: Organic, Mineral and Correctors
• Hanafy: Original, Hairstrokes, Realism Strokes, Pulse Brows, Mineral, Microblading and Correctors
• iColor
• Swiss Color
• Hanami
• Biotek: Rapid Shading
• Permablend: Original and LUXE Ready Set Go
• Brovi: Organic and InOrganic
• Colouressence

Eyeliner Pigments

• Hanafy
• Face
• The Pigment
• Ever After
• Permablend
• Biotek
• Will Anthony
• Brovi
• Etalon Mix
• Sculpted Reclaim

Who it's for:
PMU artists who want to truly understand what they're implanting. That includes new artists building strong foundations, experienced artists who want to stop relying on trial and error, and educators who want a reliable, science-led reference for their students.

Keep it up to date:
As new pigment lines are added, you can grow your manual with our Solo Pigment Swatch Sheets for Brows, Lips and Eyes, so there's no need to buy a whole new copy.

Created by Jasmine Diebelius | PMUni: science-led PMU education.