Organic Pigments (General Purpose Pigments)

With a top share of the global market, organic pigments are one of the core products of DIC’s business. Our lineup features a broad configuration of pigment products developed to respond to the diverse applications and performance demands of customers across many industries.

DIC is also actively involved in the development of pigments for digital and display applications. In particular, we continue to strengthen our leadership position in the market for green pigments for color filters in LCD panels.

Major Applications of Organic Pigments

Pigments for Printing Inks

DIC organic pigments support a truly wide variety of printing ink forms and properties for:

• Lithography
• Relief printing
• Metal printing
• Gravure printing
• Screen printing

DIC products carefully accommodate the various performance demands
required in organic pigments for each ink system.

Built on a Designer-Centered Philosophy 

One of the key reasons behind the enduring popularity of the DIC Color Guide is its thoughtfully curated color selection. 

When the first edition was developed in 1968, DIC collaborated with renowned Japanese graphic designers Mitsuo Katsui, Ikko Tanaka, and Tadahito Nadamoto. Rather than creating colors solely from a technical perspective, the collection was assembled from a designer’s point of view, focusing on colors that professionals would genuinely find useful in their work. 

This approach resulted in a color library that offers not only a wide spectrum of colors but also subtle variations between shades that are often difficult to find in conventional color sample books. 

Gray is a perfect example. The standard DIC Color Guide contains dozens of gray variations, ranging from soft ash gray tones to deeper and warmer gray shades. DIC Color Guide Vol. 2 further expands these options with additional muted and delicate colors, giving designers even greater flexibility when searching for the perfect tone. 

This attention to nuance is one of the reasons many professionals regard the DIC Color Guide as particularly easy to use. While many color reference systems provide broad color ranges, few offer the same level of carefully considered color gradation. 

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