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- noun Plural form of
colorant .
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Examples
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A list of all of Bramble Berry's non-bleeding colorants is here.
American Flag Soap - Set Up & First Steps Anne-Marie 2008
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The list of Bramble Berry lip safe colorants is here.
Mother Day's Lip Balm - Passionfruit Rose Anne-Marie 2008
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The nice part about using these colorants is their marketability as natural products.
Lipstick Making - Day One Anne-Marie 2008
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Currently a fraction of ingredients, such as colorants, are artificial because no natural options are available.
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The tests revealed VOC levels ranging from 42 to 112 g/l for certain Sherwin-Willaims "deep base" paints tinted with conventional colorants.
Sherwin-Williams urged to modify claims of "zero-VOC" paint 2011
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Organic Pharmacy's formulations are free of artificial preservatives, colorants, fragrances and petrochemicals, and its website provides an encyclopedic list of various common and carcinogenic chemicals to look out for on other product labels.
Pore Man Sameer Reddy 2011
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You can also check product ingredient lists for beet, carotenes, annatto, capsanthin (a paprika extract) -- as all are natural colorants.
EatingWell: Trick or Treat: The Hidden Health Risks of Food Dyes EatingWell 2010
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So why isn't the FDA banning BPA -- along with food colorants and other chemicals that scientists are increasingly reporting aren't safe for people, let alone kids?
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: BPA-Free? Not Exactly Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2011
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For a DIY solution at home to make your cakes, cupcakes and cookies look festive, use food dyes and sprinkles that use natural colorants from concentrated vegetable pigments.
EatingWell: Trick or Treat: The Hidden Health Risks of Food Dyes EatingWell 2010
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While natural colorants made from foods like beets are available, many manufacturers opt for synthetic dyes -- which appear in ingredient lists as a name of a color with a number following it: Blue 1 and 2, Citrus Red 2, Green 3, Red 3 and 40, Yellow 5 and 6.
EatingWell: Trick or Treat: The Hidden Health Risks of Food Dyes EatingWell 2010
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