CI 75470/CARMINE\ ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a red colorant used to create pink, red, berry, and rose tones in lip, cheek, eye, and complexion products. It is valued for strong color payoff in both powders and emulsions.
What does CI 75470/CARMINE\ do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a red colorant used to create pink, red, berry, and rose tones in lip, cheek, eye, and complexion products. It is valued for strong color payoff in both powders and emulsions.
Is CI 75470/CARMINE\ clean?
Clean-beauty frameworks often accept it as a regulated natural-origin colorant, but it carries friction because it is animal-derived and not vegan. Rare allergy or sensitivity reactions are documented, so finished products rely on purity specifications and clear labeling.
Is CI 75470/CARMINE\ sustainable?
This material is sourced from cultivated scale insects, so it is renewable but tied to animal-origin and labor-intensive agricultural supply chains. It is not considered a persistent synthetic pigment, though ethical sourcing and vegan positioning are the main sustainability caveats.
Is CI 75470/CARMINE\ COSMOS-approved?
It is generally permitted in COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic products as a natural-origin colorant when it meets applicable purity and processing requirements. Its Green Chemistry profile is mixed, with renewable biological sourcing and good degradability balanced against animal-derived sourcing and multi-step extraction and lake formation.
How does CI 75470/CARMINE\ work chemically?
The color body is an anthraquinone glycoside that is commonly converted into an aluminum or calcium lake to create an insoluble red pigment for cosmetic use. Use levels vary by shade, often below 1% in complexion products and higher in lip or color cosmetics, and the hue can shift with pH, appearing brighter red in acidic systems and more purple in alkaline systems.
Last updated 2026-05-13