Certifications: ISO 9001:2015

Solvent Yellow 21

Solvent Dyes

CI Number: 18690

Chemical Class: Azo Dye (Metal Complex)

Form: Powder

Shade

High-Fastness Reddish-Yellow for Wood Coatings & Inks

Solvent Yellow 21 is a premetallized solvent dye that produces a strong, reddish-yellow shade with good fastness properties. As a metal-complex dye, it offers excellent solubility in a wide range of organic solvents, including alcohols, esters, and ketones. This makes it an ideal choice for formulating high-quality wood stains, lacquers, and printing inks where transparency, lightfastness, and heat resistance are required.

Applications
  • Wood Coatings: A primary colourant for transparent wood stains, lacquers, and varnishes.
  • Printing Inks: Used for gravure and flexographic inks for printing on foil and plastic films.
  • Industrial Finishes: Suitable for colouring stoving finishes, acid-curing, and amine-curing paints.
  • Leather Finishing: Provides a durable, transparent yellow colour for leather topcoats.

Key Benefits

  • Good lightfastness and heat resistance.
  • Excellent solubility in a wide range of solvents.
  • Bright, reddish-yellow shade with high transparency.
  • Good compatibility with various resin systems.

Technical Highlights

  • Tone: Reddish
  • Dye Type: 1:2 Metal-Complex
  • Appearance: Yellow Powder

Packaging & Availability

  • Supplied in a standardized powder form.
  • Standard Packing: 25 kg HDPE bags.
  • Customized packaging is available upon request.