Definitions:

The pigment concentrate concept improves the manufacture of pigmented coatings/paints through the use of an integrated, single range of highly pigmented, low resin content or resin-free pigment concentrates. Pigment concentrates are formulated to be compatible with the major resins used to manufacture industrial and trade sales coatings, while meeting the specific requirements of paint end-users.

Tinting pastes are pigment concentrates used to adjust the shade of an already complete paint formulation. The amount of additive is a maximum of 5-10% of the total formulation, and the possible impact or influence of the concentrate on the final quality of the tinted paint is therefore relatively low.

Full mixing systems are based on pigment concentrates suitable for producing complete paints by mixing with clear or pigmented (White, yellow, ... etc) base paints.  Around 20-25% of these concentrates have to be added to the base paints. Therefore the quality of the concentrates must be much higher than that of the tinting systems because they have a much stronger impact or influence on the final quality of the tinted base paints.