CI 75470 ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a colorant used to give cosmetics red, pink, berry, and rose tones, especially in lip, cheek, and complexion products. It functions as a pigment rather than as a treatment active.
What does CI 75470 do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a colorant used to give cosmetics red, pink, berry, and rose tones, especially in lip, cheek, and complexion products. It functions as a pigment rather than as a treatment active.
Is CI 75470 clean?
From a clean-beauty perspective, it is usually a regulatory-accepted color additive, but it has clean-standard friction because it is animal-derived and can be associated with rare allergic reactions. It is also not compatible with vegan product standards.
Is CI 75470 sustainable?
This material comes from an insect-derived biological source rather than petroleum or mineral mining. It is not expected to be environmentally persistent, but its sourcing raises animal-welfare and supply-chain traceability questions.
Is CI 75470 COSMOS-approved?
It is generally not aligned with COSMOS-natural or COSMOS-organic because the standard does not accept cosmetic ingredients obtained from killed animals. From a Green Chemistry view, it has a renewable biological origin and low persistence, but the animal-derived production route limits alignment.
How does CI 75470 work chemically?
The molecule is an anthraquinone-type glycoside pigment that is often converted into a metal lake to improve color strength and formulation stability. It is most stable in mildly acidic to neutral systems, and shade can shift with pH, metal ions, and the base formula.
Last updated 2026-05-13