CI 77266
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 6465
- Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
CI 77266: Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV, entry 126a), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
In plain words
What the rules say
An ingredient can be used as a colorant only if it appears on the list of Annex IV. CI 77266 is on it with a warning to print.
The text of the annexes
Colorant allowed under conditions
- 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
- 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.
EU product alerts (Safety Gate)
1 alert on cosmetic products cite this name in their hazard description. An alert targets a specific product, not the ingredient itself; each alert states the reason (prohibited substance, limit exceeded, missing labelling, and so on).
- 12 December 2025: Eyeliner, Spain (“Serious risk”) alert
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.
Recorded cosmetics that contain it
49 recorded products 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.