Taking the Colour of Tablets Seriously

Taking the Colour of Tablets Seriously

Green was the colour of earlier medicines. Recipes were more for liquid preparations rather than solids.  Later plant powders or spices were mixed in and formed by hand to make little balls or pills. In 1843 William Brockendon was granted a patent for a machine that...
Sustainable Solutions for Sparkling Formulations

Sustainable Solutions for Sparkling Formulations

Over the last few years, Geotech launched several sustainable alternatives to traditional polyester based glitter particles. The introduction of coarse pearlescent pigments and cellulose-based glitter provides cosmetic chemists with solutions to create environmentally...
It’s all about Colour

It’s all about Colour

Newton demonstrated that colour is the quality of light.  The wavelength of light that an object reflects determines the colour. There are three primary colours red, green and blue which can be combined in different ways to make every other colour.  Colour plays a...