Product name : Pigment

Other names : Biological pigments,pigments or biochromes

Characteristics and Application :

Biological pigments, also known simply as pigments or biochromes are substances produced by living organisms that have a color resulting from selective color absorption. Biological pigments include plant pigments and flower pigments. Many biological structures, such as skin, eyes, fur and hair contain pigments such as melanin in specialized cells called chromatophores.

Pigment color differs from structural color in that it is the same for all viewing angles, whereas structural color is the result of selective reflection or iridescence, usually because of multilayer structures. For example, butterfly wings typically contain structural color, although many butterflies have cells that contain pigment as well.

Uses :

Pigments may be extracted and used as dyes.

Plant pigments include a variety of different kinds of molecules, including porphyrins, carotenoids, anthocyanins and betalains.
Chlorophyll is the reason most plants are of the color green.
Carotenoids are red, orange, or yellow tetraterpenoids.
Anthocyanins appear red to blue.
Betalains are red or yellow pigments.

Pigments in animals may serve to protect tissues from ultraviolet radiation, such as melanin in the skin.
Pigments that can be used in soaps, lotions, shower gels, shampoos, bath bombs, bath salts and many more.