Successful coloration of plastics is a challenging exercise requiring deep understanding of
chemical physical and technological factors as well as national and international
regulations. Customer and regulatory demands are often very high concerning toxicity
environmental factors color specification matching stability and cost among others. This
book enables the reader to identify the right color preparation for a particular product
application accounting for material and design. With many processing tips for the practitioner
this book enables the efficient production of successful colored plastic products. It is the
ideal companion to colorists chemists chemical engineers laboratory technicians engineers
engineering technicians designers and product developers who work with plastics as well as
an excellent introduction to the subject for students and their teachers.