{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-2003/schedule-5/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-2003/schedule-5/part-I.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/835",
  "legislation_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-2003",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "COLOURING AGENTS LISTED IN ANNEX IV, PART 1 OF THE DIRECTIVE AS COLOURING AGENTS WHICH COSMETIC PRODUCTS MUST NOT CONTAIN EXCEPT SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS LAID DOWN",
  "text": "In column 3 of this Schedule, the entry “X” in a sub-column means that the colouring agent must not be used other than as follows—\nSub-column 1\n=\nColouring agents allowed in all cosmetic products;\nSub-column 2\n=\nColouring agents allowed in all cosmetic products except those intended to be applied in the vicinity of the eyes, in particular eye make-up and eye make-up remover;\nSub-column 3\n=\nColouring agents allowed exclusively in cosmetic products except cosmetic products intended to come into contact with the mucous membranes;\nSub-column 4\n=\nColouring agents allowed exclusively in cosmetic products intended to come into contact only briefly with the skin.\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\nName or colour\nColour\nType of product\nOther requirements\nindex number\nField of application\n1\n2\n3\n4\n10006\nGreen\nX\n10020\nGreen\nX\n10316*\nYellow\nX\n11680\nYellow\nX\n11710\nYellow\nX\n11725\nOrange\nX\n11920\nOrange\nX\n12010\nRed\nX\n12085*\nRed\nX\n3 per cent maximum concentration in the finished product\n12120\nRed\nX\n12150\nRed\nX\n12370\nRed\nX\n12420\nRed\nX\n12480\nBrown\nX\n12490\nRed\nX\n12700\nYellow\nX\n13015\nYellow\nX\nE 105\n14270\nOrange\nX\nE 103\n14700\nRed\nX\n14720\nRed\nX\nE 122\n14815\nRed\nX\nE 125\n15510*\nOrange\nX\n15525\nRed\nX\n15580\nRed\nX\n15620\nRed\nX\n15630*\nRed\nX\n3 per cent maximum concentration in the finished product\n15800\nRed\nX\n15850*\nRed\nX\n15865*\nRed\nX\n15880\nRed\nX\n15980\nOrange\nX\nE 111\n15985*\nYellow\nX\nE 110\n16035\nRed\nX\n16185\nRed\nX\nE 123\n16230\nOrange\nX\n16255*\nRed\nX\nE 124\n16290\nRed\nX\nE 126\n17200*\nRed\nX\n18050\nRed\nX\n18130\nRed\nX\n18690\nYellow\nX\n18736\nRed\nX\n18820\nYellow\nX\n18965\nYellow\nX\n19140*\nYellow\nX\nE 102\n20040\nYellow\nX\nMaximum 3,3'-dimethyl-benzidine concentration in the colouring agent: 5 mg/kg\n20170\nOrange\nX\n20470\nBlack\nX\n21100\nYellow\nX\nMaximum 3,3'-dichloro-benzidine concentration in the colouring agent: 5 mg/kg\n21108\nYellow\nX\nMaximum 3,3'-dichloro-benzidine concentration in the colouring agent: 5 mg/kg\n21230\nYellow\nX\n24790\nRed\nX\n26100\nRed\nX\nPurity criteria: aniline <= 0.2 per cent, 2-naphthol <= 0.2 per cent, azobenzen-4-amine <= 0.1 per cent, 1-phenylazo-2-naphthol <= 3 per cent, 1-[2-(phenylazo) phenylazo]-2-naphthol <= 2 per cent\n27290*\nRed\nX\n27755\nBlack\nX\nE 152\n28440\nBlack\nX\nE 151\n40215\nOrange\nX\n40800\nOrange\nX\n40820\nOrange\nX\nE 160e\n40825\nOrange\nX\nE 160f\n40850\nOrange\nX\nE 161g\n42045\nBlue\nX\n42051*\nBlue\nX\nE 131\n42053\nGreen\nX\n42080\nBlue\nX\n42090\nBlue\nX\n42100\nGreen\nX\n42170\nGreen\nX\n42510\nViolet\nX\n42520\nViolet\nX\nMaximum concentration in the finished product: 5 mg/kg\n42735\nBlue\nX\n44045\nBlue\nX\n44090\nGreen\nX\nE 142\n45100\nRed\nX\n45190\nViolet\nX\n45220\nRed\nX\n45350\nYellow\nX\n6 per cent. maximum concentration in the finished product\n45370*\nOrange\nX\nNot more than 1 per cent 2-(6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid and 2 per cent 2-(bromo-6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid\n45380*\nRed\nX\nas immediately above\n45396\nOrange\nX\nWhen used in lipstick, the colouring agent is allowed only in free acid form and in a maximum concentration of 1 per cent\n45405\nRed\nX\nNot more than 1 per cent 2-(6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid and 2 per cent 2-(bromo-6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid\n45410*\nRed\nX\nas immediately above\n45425\nRed\nX\nNot more than 1 per cent 2-(6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid and 3 per cent 2-(iodo-6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid\n45430*\nRed\nX\nas immediately above, E 127\n47000\nYellow\nX\n47005\nYellow\nX\nE 104\n50325\nViolet\nX\n50420\nBlack\nX\n51319\nViolet\nX\n58000\nRed\nX\n59040\nGreen\nX\n60724\nViolet\nX\n60725\nViolet\nX\n60730\nViolet\nX\n61565\nGreen\nX\n61570\nGreen\nX\n61585\nBlue\nX\n62045\nBlue\nX\n69800\nBlue\nX\nE 130\n69825\nBlue\nX\n71105\nOrange\nX\n73000\nBlue\nX\n73015\nBlue\nX\nE 132\n73360\nRed\nX\n73385\nViolet\nX\n73900\nViolet\nX\n73915\nRed\nX\n74100\nBlue\nX\n74160\nBlue\nX\n74180\nBlue\nX\n74260\nGreen\nX\n75100\nYellow\nX\n75120\nOrange\nX\nE 160b\n75125\nYellow\nX\nE 160d\n75130\nOrange\nX\nE 160a\n75135\nYellow\nX\nE 161d\n75170\nWhite\nX\n75300\nYellow\nX\nE 100\n75470\nRed\nX\nE 120\n75810\nGreen\nX\nE 140 and E 141\n77000\nWhite\nX\nE 173\n77002\nWhite\nX\n77004\nWhite\nX\n77007\nBlue\nX\n77015\nRed\nX\n77120\nWhite\nX\n77163\nWhite\nX\n77220\nWhite\nX\nE 170\n77231\nWhite\nX\n77266\nBlack\nX\n77267\nBlack\nX\n77268:1\nBlack\nX\nE 153\n77288\nGreen\nX\nFree from chromate ions\n77289\nGreen\nX\nFree from chromate ions\n77346\nGreen\nX\n77400\nBrown\nX\n77480\nBrown\nX\nE 175\n77489\nOrange\nX\nE 172\n77491\nRed\nX\nE 172\n77492\nYellow\nX\nE 172\n77499\nBlack\nX\nE 172\n77510\nBlue\nX\nFree from cyanide ions\n77713\nWhite\nX\n77742\nViolet\nX\n77745\nRed\nX\n77820\nWhite\nX\nE 174\n77891\nWhite\nX\nE 171\n77947\nWhite\nX\nAcid Red 195\nRed\nX\nAluminium, zinc, magnesium and calcium stearates\nWhite\nX\nAnthocyanins\nRed\nX\nE 163\nBeetroot red\nRed\nX\nE 162\nBromocresol green\nGreen\nX\nBromothymol blue\nBlue\nX\nCaramel\nBrown\nX\nE 150\nCapsanthin, capsorubin\nOrange\nX\nE 160c\nLactoflavin\nYellow\nX\nE 101",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/835/schedule/5/part/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:27:30.309640+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}