From Artist Materials to High-Heat Applications Say Goodbye to the Moody Blues, and Hello to Shepherd's High Performance Blues

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One of the primary colors, lying between violet and green, is The Shepherd Color Company's roots originate in the the beautiful Blue hue. From the sky to the deep blue sea, 1920s in the ceramic industry, where we supplied colors to a shiny sapphire, blue is the color of trust, excellence, for porcelain enamels. It's no surprise that Blue has been and performance in business. Blue can also be associated one of our first inorganic color pigments. From Blue 299, to sadness, as everyone has felt a little blue at times. This which is the standard “Cobalt Blue” used in artist materials, color can also be perceived as calm and cooling, a lot like to our newest Blue 10G513, better known as YInMn Blue, Shepherd Color’s Arctic® pigments. which expands the range of colors available for building manufacturers that keep products cooler when exposed to An important color in art and ancient times, Ultramarine the sun, Shepherd Color has a blue pigment to meet your Blue was created by lapis lazuli and was mainly mined in high-performance application. Afghanistan and extremely expensive. The invention of synthetic Ultramarine Blue pigments had interesting color, With a vast array of red-shade to green-shade blue pigments but inadequate exterior durability limits its use. available from Shepherd, all have high temperature stability, are resistant to acids, bases, and solvents, and have Cobalt Blue historically has been a excellent weathering, opacity, and reflectivity. coloring agent in ceramics, notably Chinese porcelain beginning in the late Depending on the pigment, many of our Blue pigments are eighth or early ninth century2. Cobalt FDA compliant and are ideal for: Aluminate Blue complex inorganic • Building and Construction color pigments (CICP), are considered • Architectural Applications to be the pinnacle of durable, intensely • High-Durability Applications chromatic blue pigments. Since • Automotive Coatings they are formed under extreme high • High-Heat Coatings temperatures, the resulting pigments have excellent heat • Engineering Plastics resistance, chemical resistance, and weatherability. • Transportation/ACE Applications • Artist Materials

References: 1. Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut. October 2013. The Secret Language of Color. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. 2. Colbalt Blue. (April 29, 2020). In Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_blue

ABOUT THE SHEPHERD COLOR COMPANY Founded in 1981, The Shepherd Color Company produces a wide range of high-performance Complex Inorganic Color Pigments (CICPs) used in a variety of industries. These pigments are an extraordinary class of inorganic pigments that offer stable, long-lasting color for many applications. They have unbeatable weatherability, heat and chemical resistance, are non-warping and easy to disperse. More Expertise. Better Performance. Best Value. That’s Shepherd Color.

Cobalt blues can be broken down into two major groups: Depending on the pigment, many of our Blue pigments are red or green-shade. The red-shade cobalt blues are better FDA compliant and are ideal for: known because their bright chromatic tones are valued in • Building and Construction many eye catching colors including corporate and branding • Architectural Applications logos. Shepherd Color has a wide range of cobalt blues • High-Durability Applications for a number of applications from high-durability coatings, • Automotive Coatings glass enamels, to coloring concrete for handicap parking • High-Heat Coatings designation. In plastics, the cobalt blues don’t promote • Engineering Plastics warping in polyoleﬁ ns like common phthalo blues. When it • Transportation/ACE Applications comes to critical applications, customers turn to the true- • Artist Materials blue options that Shepherd Color provides.

ABOUT THE SHEPHERD COLOR COMPANY Founded in 1981, The Shepherd Color Company produces a wide range of high-performance Complex Inorganic Color Pigments (CICPs) used in a variety of industries. These pigments are an extraordinary class of inorganic pigments that oﬀ er stable, long-lasting color for many applications. They have unbeatable weatherability, heat and chemical resistance, are non-warping and easy to disperse. More Expertise. Better Performance. Best Value. That’s Shepherd Color.

Beyond the red-shade blues are the green-shade blues Depending on the pigment, many of our Blue pigments are that fi ll a wide range of purposes. From Blue 211 used FDA compliant and are ideal for: in ‘Interstate Blue' for road signs to 'plastic ware' blue of • Building and Construction Blue 424, green-shade blues may not be as fl ashy as their • Architectural Applications red-shade cousins, but they fi nd a wide range of uses: • High-Durability Applications for high durability coatings, to engineering plastics and • Automotive Coatings even in concrete. Shepherd Color’s technical expertise • High-Heat Coatings and analytical abilities allowed us to be granted a FCN • Engineering Plastics (Food Contact Notifi cation) for our Blue 10F545, the only • Transportation/ACE Applications approval of its kind. Whether it is coloring cold food storage • Concrete and Cement containers, the coatings for cookware, or coatings for whole buildings, these blues can take the heat and the cold.

ABOUT THE SHEPHERD COLOR COMPANY Founded in 1981, The Shepherd Color Company produces a wide range of high-performance Complex Inorganic Color Pigments (CICPs) used in a variety of industries. These pigments are an extraordinary class of inorganic pigments that oﬀ er stable, long-lasting color for many applications. They have unbeatable weatherability, heat and chemical resistance, are non-warping and easy to disperse. More Expertise. Better Performance. Best Value. That’s Shepherd Color.

In September 2017, The Shepherd Color Company The high temperature calcination production process makes announced the groundbreaking "YInMn Blue" technology for the Blue 10G513 highly inert. While it is highly IR reﬂ ective, commercial sale for use in industrial coatings and plastics. it is extremely opaque in the visible and UV parts of the As of May 2020, YInMn has U.S. EPA TSCA approval. This solar spectrum. The inertness means that it can be used in means that YInMn blue is now fully approved for use in a wide range of coatings and plastics and have excellent industrial applications, including artist color materials. weathering properties.

Commercially known as Blue 10G513, this pigment Blue 10G513 is ideal for: represents one example of Shepherd Color’s dedication • High-performance IR-refl ective building products to providing new and impactful pigment chemistries to the - Pre-painted metal coatings, plastics and other materials markets. YInMn Blue - Roofi ng granules 10G513 follows our one-of-a-kind NTP Yellow and RTZ - Polymeric roofi ng Orange, which together push the edge of the durable color - Roofi ng tiles envelope. • Anti-counterfeiting features • Glass enamels The new Blue is revolutionary because it is a new pigment - Spandrel and decorative chemistry that expands the range of colors available that • Artist color materials stay cooler when exposed to the sun, allowing building material manufacturers to meet regulatory requirements and building owners to potentially save energy.

ABOUT THE SHEPHERD COLOR COMPANY Founded in 1981, The Shepherd Color Company produces a wide range of high-performance Complex Inorganic Color Pigments (CICPs) used in a variety of industries. These pigments are an extraordinary class of inorganic pigments that oﬀ er stable, long-lasting color for many applications. They have unbeatable weatherability, heat and chemical resistance, are non-warping and easy to disperse. More Expertise. Better Performance. Best Value. That’s Shepherd Color.