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<h2 id="list-of-colour-index-constitution-numbers">List of Colour Index Constitution Numbers</h2> <p>Colour Index arranges the CICN into 5 or 6 digit (from 1997 onwards) numbers grouped into numerical ranges according to the chemical structure.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Structure</th><th>Range</th><th>Category</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nitroso/Irref1C6">Nitroso</a></td><td>10000–10299</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nitro_functional_group/pem2BhMY">Nitro</a></td><td>10300–10999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Azo_compound/dnl1WKnK">Monoazo</a></td><td>11000–19999</td><td>Category:Azo dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Azo_compound/dnl1WKnK">Disazo</a></td><td>20000–29999</td><td>Category:Azo dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Azo_compound/dnl1WKnK">Trisazo</a></td><td>30000–34999</td><td>Category:Azo dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Azo_compound/dnl1WKnK">Polyazo</a></td><td>35000–36999</td><td>Category:Azo dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Azo_compound/dnl1WKnK">Azoic</a></td><td>37000–39999</td><td>Category:Azo dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Stilbene/RT7dCGhr">Stilbene</a></td><td>40000–40799</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Carotenoid/Jm2eHYwW">Carotenoid</a></td><td>40800–40999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Diarylmethane</td><td>41000–41999</td><td>Category:Diarylmethane dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Triphenyl_methane/35o8VWeP">Triarylmethane</a></td><td>42000–44999</td><td>Category:Triarylmethane dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Xanthene/Dd1jDgBu">Xanthene</a></td><td>45000–45999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Acridine/1yp7JF2T">Acridine</a></td><td>46000–46999</td><td>Category:Acridine dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Quinoline/kJyUItFu">Quinoline</a></td><td>47000–47999</td><td>Category:Quinoline dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Methine/qIYGmIg2">Methine</a></td><td>48000–48999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thiazole/xtUANXCR">Thiazole</a></td><td>49000–49399</td><td>Category:Thiazole dyes</td></tr><tr><td>Indamine</td><td>49400–49699</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Indophenol/vMhYnT7a">Indophenol</a></td><td>49700–49999</td><td>Category:Indophenol dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Azine/REFCsBrX">Azine</a></td><td>50000–50999</td><td>Category:Azin dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Oxazine/pTB1ASuc">Oxazine</a></td><td>51000–51999</td><td>Category:Oxazine dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thiazine/2lB7w6rg">Thiazine</a></td><td>52000–52999</td><td>Category:Thiazine dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sulfur/IK0amTfM">Sulfur</a></td><td>53000–54999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lactone/UMgRUFtj">Lactone</a></td><td>55000–55999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Aminoaldehydes_and_aminoketones/wBp0jvkl">Aminoketone</a>/Hydroxyketone</td><td>56000–56999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Anthraquinone/t0BxHEpa">Anthraquinone</a></td><td>58000–72999</td><td>Category:Anthraquinone dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Indigo_dye/aqC7umcC">Indigoid</a></td><td>73000–73899</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.britannica.com/technology/quinacridone">Quinacridone Pigments</a></td><td>73900-73999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Phthalocyanine/uqwbu5n0">Phthalocyanine</a> Dyes and Pigments</td><td>74000–74999</td><td>Category:Phthalocyanines</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Natural_dye/qry80lhk">Natural Organic Colouring Matters</a></td><td>75000–75999</td><td>Category:Natural dyes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Oxidation_base/a1NSlcsG">Oxidation bases</a></td><td>76000–76999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Inorganic pigments</td><td>77000–77999</td><td>Category:Inorganic pigments</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>For further in depth reading see "Chemical constitutions in the <i>Colour Index</i>™: A century of colourant classification"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> This is open source and free to read. </p> <h2 id="print-editions">Print editions</h2> <ul><li>1st (1924)</li> <li>1st Supplement (1928)</li> <li>2nd (1956) Volume 1</li> <li>2nd (1957) Volumes 2 & 3</li> <li>2nd (1958) Volume 4</li> <li>2nd Supplement (1963)</li> <li>3rd (1971)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>3rd 1975 (<i>Volume 6</i>)</li> <li>3rd 1982 (<i>Volume 7</i>)</li> <li>3rd 1987 (<i>Volume 8</i>)</li> <li>3rd 1992 (<i>Volume 9</i>)</li> <li><i>Pigments and Solvent Dyes</i> <i>edition (1997)</i></li> <li>4th 2000 - online</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Color_chart/GJNHRzBh">Color chart</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_dyes/QK1SIAln">List of dyes</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pantone/YtAH76ju">Pantone</a></li></ul> <p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.aatcc.org/">American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.colour-index.com/">Colour Index International</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/">Society of Dyers and Colourists</a></li> <li><a href="https://sdc.org.uk/happy-100-year-anniversary-of-the-international-colour-index/">Happy 100 year anniversary of the International Colour Index</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists". Colour Index International. Retrieved 8 August 2015. <a href="http://www.aatcc.org/" target="_blank">http://www.aatcc.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"About (Colour Index International)". Colour index international. Retrieved 8 August 2015. <a href="http://colour-index.com/about" target="_blank">http://colour-index.com/about</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Colour Index™ Generic Name (CIGN): Definition of a Colour Index™ Generic Name". Colour Index. Retrieved 2024-02-23. <a href="https://colour-index.com/colour-index-generic-name" target="_blank">https://colour-index.com/colour-index-generic-name</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Gürses, Ahmet; Açıkyıldız, Metin; Güneş, Kübra; Gürses, M. Sadi (2016). Dyes and Pigments. Springer. p. 32. ISBN 9783319338927. <a href="9783319338927" target="_blank">9783319338927</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Towns, Andrew. "Chemical constitutions in the ™: A century of colourant classification". Coloration Technology. n/a (n/a). doi:10.1111/cote.12819. ISSN 1478-4408. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cote.12819" target="_blank">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cote.12819</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Colour Index™ (Third ed.). The Society of Dyers and Colourists. 1924. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page). <a href="/wiki/Help:Cite_errors/Cite_error_references_no_text" target="_blank">/wiki/Help:Cite_errors/Cite_error_references_no_text</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>