Hansa Brilliant Yellow 4GX is a green shade monoazo pigment. The shade is similar to Pigment Yellow 1 but with higher transparency and good light- and weather fastness properties. Recommended for paste inks as well as for solvent- and water based packaging gravure and flexographic printing inks.
Physical Data
Fastness properties
Recommended for
Paste inks
Liquid inks
■ highly recommended ● recommended ○ limited suitability – not tested
C. I. Name | Pigment Yellow 73 |
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Coldset | – |
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Heatset | – |
Sheetfed | ■ |
Metal deco | – |
Silkscreen | ● |
UV curing (Offset) | – |
Polyamide | ○ |
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NC acetate | ○ |
NC alcohol | ● |
Waterbased | ■ |
Polyvinyl butyral | – |
UV curring (Flexo) | – |
Decorative laminates | – |
Pub gravure, Toluene | – |
Density | 1.48 [g/cm3] |
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pH-value | – |
Viscosity | – [Pa.s] |
Oil absorption | 59 [ml/100g] |
Specific surface | 21 [m2/g] |
Fineness of grind | – [µm] |
Average particle size | 200 [nm] |
4 | |
DOP | – 5 |
MEK | 1 3-4 |
Acid | 5 |
Soap | 5 |
Alkali | 5 |
Butter | – 4 |
Ethanol | 5 4-5 |
Toluene | 1 3-4 |
Paraffine | – 5 |
Test medium | Change of the print Print / draw-down |
White spirit | 5 |
Ethyl acetate | 2 3-4 |
Silver laquer | |
Sterilization | Steam phase |
Heat stability | <140°C |
Light fastness | 5 10.0% |
Solvent mixture | 5 4-5 |