SOLVENT VIOLET 13
Official label name (INCIInternational name of cosmetic ingredients: the one printed on the pack. name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 27218
- Prohibited in hair dyes (Annex II)
- Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
SOLVENT VIOLET 13: Prohibited in hair dyes (Annex II, entry 1363); colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV, entry 89), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. Annexes of the Regulation consulted on 21 October 2026.
Who it concerns
What official classifications and rules say for each group. A classification describes the hazard of the pure substance, not the risk of a product that contains it, which depends on the dose and the exposure.
Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
No classification harmonised by the European Union covers reproduction, the unborn child or breastfeeding for this substance. This does not mean it has been judged to have no effect during pregnancy.
Babies and children
The Cosmetics Regulation sets no age-related condition for this ingredient.
Skin, eyes and allergies
No official classification for sensitisation, irritation or eye damage, and no obligation to label it as an allergen.
Environment
No official classification as hazardous to the aquatic environment and no assessment as an endocrine disruptor for the environment.
Read on the label
The Cosmetics Regulation requires no warning to be printed for this ingredient.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Hair dyeing: colours hair.
What the rules say
Prohibited as a substance in hair dye products. This entry does not cover other uses, which may fall under another annex.
An ingredient can be used as a colorant only if it appears on the list of Annex IV. SOLVENT VIOLET 13 is on it, with no maximum concentration or restriction of use in this entry.
The text of the annexes
Prohibited in hair dyes
CosIng links the name SOLVENT VIOLET 13 to this entry. The cases of prohibition are explained above, in “In plain words”; the official title is given below.
- Entry
- Annex II, No 1363
- Substance
- 1-Hydroxy-4-(p-toluidino)anthraquinone (Solvent Violet 13; CI 60725) when used as a substance in hair dye products
- CAS
- 81-48-1
- EC
- 201-353-5
Dates in the act (3)
- Entry into force on 15 May 2013
- Application from 11 July 2013
It shall apply from 11 July 2013.
- Entry into force on 11 July 2013
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 89
- Substance
- 1-Hydroxy-4-(p-toluidino)anthraquinone
- Glossary names
- CI 60725 / SOLVENT VIOLET 13 / VIOLET 2
- CAS
- 81-48-1
- EC
- 201-353-5
What has changed, and what will change
Dates of the texts that cover this ingredient. A text date may cover several substances: the details of each entry are below.
Annex IV, entry 89: introduced or replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009
Annex II, entry 1363: introduced or replaced by Regulation (EU) n° 344/2013
Annex II, entry 1363: applies from this date
Annex IV, entry 89: applies from this date
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 38159
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 81-48-1
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 201-353-5
- Declared functions
- Hair dyeing
The CAS number cited by CosIng also covers 1 other INCI name: it designates a family of substances, not this ingredient alone.
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions, with no effect on sale in France. What is covered, and what is not yet.
Comparison between countries
Most restrictive status in each country, and the maximum concentration cited. The details and the source of each rule follow.
| Country | Rule | Maximum concentration cited |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | Prohibited in hair dyes | not cited |
| United Kingdom | Prohibited in hair dyes | not cited |
| Switzerland | EU Regulation applies | not cited |
| United States (federal) | No federal rule recorded | not cited |
| Japan | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| South Korea | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| China | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| Australia | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| Brazil | Prohibited differs from the EU | not cited |
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Prohibited in hair dyes (Annex II)
- 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.
Brazil
- Prohibited: 1-hidroxi-4-(p-toluidino)antraquinona (CI 60725), quando usado como substância que entra na composição de corantes capilares
RDC 529/2021, Anexo (prohibited substances), entry 1363, page 47.
Conditions, source text, in Portuguese
N° UE: 1363
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.