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Recent Examples of colorantIt is used to make liquid shellac, a brush-on colorant and wood finish, and is found in shampoos, aluminum foil and lipstick.—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026 Twenty-six other states have followed in California’s footsteps with legislation — some signed into law, others still in progress — that would either ban, restrict or require labels for artificial colorants.—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026 Every Rae product remains vegan, non-GMO, gluten-free, and free from harmful fillers, colorants, and artificial preservatives.—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025 But the replacements are still made of complex materials that include additives like colorants; the chemicals can react in ways the companies may not intend or understand, Boucher says.—Matt Fuchs, Time, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for colorant
Plastic waste powers chemistry Anilines are widely used in the production of pharmaceuticals, dyes, agrochemicals, and advanced materials.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
Others, advocating for improved food policies, have praised him for taking steps to remove artificial food dyes and crack down on ultraprocessed foods.
Some of the new cocktails include the Dubai Tai, which mixes rum, a pistachio simple syrup and chocolate, and the Ay Dio Tigre, made with tequila, strawberry, watermelon, tajin and red food coloring.
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Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
One new study looked at how the coloring of microplastics – the tiny bits of plastics found everywhere from our rivers to our brains – may actually be helping increase temperatures.
The star was dipped in a rainbow of colors from her décolletage down to the spiral train of her body-hugging dress with fringe falling down the cuffs of the long-sleeve gown.
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Beatrice Dupuy,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
The artist worked with approximately 30 base colors, expanded through custom mixing, across roughly 40 hours of painting time, followed by approximately four days of drying with ventilation.