CARBON BLACK
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 5464
- Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
CARBON BLACK: Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV, entry 126a), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Colorant: colours cosmetics and/or imparts colour to the skin and/or its appendages.
What the rules say
An ingredient can be used as a colorant only if it appears on the list of Annex IV. <function plain_language.<locals>.name at 0x7f7805aa4180> is on it with a warning to print.
The text of the annexes
Colorant allowed under conditions
This entry covers the same substance as CARBON BLACK (same CAS number in the CosIng inventory): its conditions apply.
- Entry
- Annex IV, No 126a
- Substance
- carbon black (nano)
- Glossary names
- CI 77266
- CAS
- 1333-86-4
- EC
- 215-609-9
- Other conditions
- 10%
- Warnings
- Not to be used in applications that may lead to exposure of the end user's lungs by inhalation. O nly nanomaterials having the following characteristics are allowed: — Purity > 97 %, with the following impurity profile: Ash content ≤ 0,15 %, total sulphur ≤ 0,65 %, total PAH ≤ 500 ppb and benzo(a)pyrene ≤ 5 ppb, dibenz(a,h)anthracene ≤ 5 ppb, total As ≤ 3 ppm, total Pb ≤ 10 ppm, and total Hg ≤ 1 ppm; — Primary particle size ≥ 20 nm.’
Dates in the act (1)
- Entry into force on 1 August 2016
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Colorant allowed under conditions
This entry covers the same substance as CARBON BLACK (same CAS number in the CosIng inventory): its conditions apply.
- Entry
- Annex IV, No 126
- Substance
- Carbon black
- Glossary names
- CI 77266
- CAS
- 1333-86-4
- EC
- 215-609-9
- Warnings
- Purity > 97 %, with the following impurity profile: Ash content ≤ 0,15 %, total sulphur ≤ 0,65 %, total PAH ≤ 500 ppb and benzo(a)pyrene ≤ 5 ppb, dibenz(a,h)anthracene ≤ 5 ppb, total As ≤ 3 ppm, total Pb ≤ 10 ppm, total Hg ≤ 1 ppm.
Dates in the act (1)
- Entry into force on 1 August 2016
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Colorant allowed under conditions
This entry covers the same substance as CARBON BLACK (same CAS number in the CosIng inventory): its conditions apply.
- Entry
- Annex IV, No 128
- Substance
- Coke black
- Glossary names
- CI 77268:1
- CAS
- 7440-44-0; 1339-82-8
- EC
- 231-153-3; 215-669-6
Dates in the act (10)
- Entry into force on 11 January 2010
- Application from 1 December 2010
It shall apply from 11 July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall apply from 11 January 2013.
- Entry into force on 1 December 2010
- Condition applicable from 11 January 2012
As from 11 January 2012, by way of derogation from Directive 76/768/EEC, notification carried out in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation shall be considered to comply with Article 7(3) and Article 7a(4) of that Directive
- Application from 11 January 2013
July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall apply from 11 January 2013.
- Entry into force on 11 January 2013
- Application from 11 July 2013
It shall apply from 11 July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall appl
- Entry into force on 11 July 2013
- Placing on the market before 11 July 2013
Article 39 Transitional provisions By way of derogation from Directive 76/768/EEC, cosmetic products which comply with this Regulation may be placed on the market before 11 July 2013.
- Placing on the market from 11 July 2013
As from 11 July 2013, a distributor who makes available in a Member State a cosmetic product already placed on the market in another Member State and translates, on his own initiative, any element of the labelling of that product in order to comply with national law, shall submit, by electronic means, the following info
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 105118
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 1333-86-4, 7440-44-0
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 215-609-9, 231-153-3
- Declared functions
- Colorant
CosIng cites 2 CAS numbers for this name: it covers several substances.
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
Same entries as in the European Union. Conditions (concentrations, warnings) may differ: they are not compared here.
Switzerland
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).
United States, federal rules
None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.
South Korea
- Allowed colorant: 카본블랙 (Carbon black) CI 77266 (Carbon black)
색소 고시 별표 1 (allowed colorants), entry 72, page 4.
- Prohibited: 카본블랙(다만, 불순물 중 벤조피렌과디벤즈(a,h)안트라센이 각각 5ppb 이하이고 총 다환방향족탄화수소류(PAHs)가 0.5ppm 이하인 경우에는 제외)
별표 1 (prohibited substances), entry 701, page 37.
Recorded cosmetics that contain it
1 recorded product list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (page in French).
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.