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Cool Colors® Cobalt Aluminate Blue Spinel (PB28)
Cool Colors® Pigment Blue 28 (C.I. 77346) Cobalt Aluminate Blue pigments offer moderate NIR (Near Infrared Reflectance) of blue mixed oxide consisting of Cobalt (II) and Aluminum (III), with a chemical formula CoAl2O4 and a spinel structure.

FERRO COOL COLORS® ADVANTAGES
The IR-reflective features of our Cool Colors® pigments provide:
- Increased service life due to less thermal stress and degradation
- Increased occupant comfort for buildings with cool coatings
- Reduced energy consumption for air conditioning needs
- Increased comfort and wearability in fabrics applications
- Ability to recycle black parts with NIR based sorting systems, creating economic value and reduced waste disposal
COOL COLORS® COBALT ALUMINATE BLUE SPINEL (PB28) PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
HEAT FASTNESS | LIGHT FASTNESS |
WEATHER FASTNESS | ACID FASTNESS | ALKALI FASTNESS | CEMENT COMPATIBILITY | SOLVENT FASTNESS |
>500ºC, 5 min. |
Excellent (8 on blue wool scale) |
Excellent (5 on grey scale) |
Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
COOL COLORS® COBALT ALUMINATE BLUE SPINEL (PB28) RECOMMENDED PIGMENTS
Americas
- V-3285 – Standard Grade Pigment Blue 28
- V-9250 – Pigment Blue 28 with a reddish shade and high tinting strength
- 22-10336 – Pigment Blue 28 with a reddish shade and high tinting strength
- 22-10446 – Pigment Blue 28 with a reddish shade and high tinting strength
EMEA
- 22-5091 – Standard Grade Pigment Blue 28
- 22-10336 – Pigment Blue 28 with a reddish shade and high tinting strength
- 22-10446 – Pigment Blue 28 with a reddish shade and high tinting strength
- 22-5500 – Pigment Blue 28 with a turquoise blue shade
- 22-5600 –Pigment Blue 28 with a turquoise blue and high tinting strength
- 22-5700 – Pigment Blue 28 with a turquoise blue and greenish shade
APAC
- SPP-2008 – Standard Grade Pigment Blue 28
- 10446s – Pigment Blue 28 with a reddish shade high and tinting strength
- 22-5500 – Pigment Blue 28 with a turquoise blue shade
- 22-5600 – Pigment Blue 28 with a turquoise blue and high tinting strength
- 22-5700 – Pigment Blue 28 with a turquoise blue and greenish shade

COOL COLORS® COBALT ALUMINATE BLUE SPINEL (PB28) APPLICATIONS
IR Plastics:
- PVC applications including siding and window profiles
- Plastic roof tiles
- Automotive applications including dashboards, steering wheels and upholstery
- Single-ply roofing systems
Cool Coatings:
- Coil coatings for roofs
- Exterior paints for roofs and façades
- Roof singles
- Sport fields
- Automotive coatings
Construction / Building Materials:
- Cementitious stuccos, mortars and grouts
- Exterior Insulation Finishing System (EIFS)
- Ready Mix Concrete
- Precast concrete blocks and panels

VALUE ADDED SERVICES
Cool Start-Up Formulas
We provide our customers with start-up formulas made with Ferro's cool pigments that match their “hot” color shades. We also provide a complete pigment formulation guide to assist our customers in achieving the optimum cool performance in their products.
Advanced Color Matching
Ferro technicians combine their talents with today's most advanced computer color analysis equipment to offer our customers precise color-matching services.
Our spectrophotometry process minimizes metamerism, speeds up color matching, ensures consistent quality and helps identify the pigment combination that produces any given color for the lowest possible cost and right performance characteristics, including outdoor durability and NIR reflectance.
Ferro can match your color chip/drawdown or we can refer to complete files of OSHA, Munsel, RAL, Federal Standard 595 Series or Pantone® matching systems to achieve your reference number.
All our colors are matched to Ferro standards or your reference sample, ensuring precise color reproduction from order to order.
Custom FormulationsWe work closely with our customers to co-innovate and develop customized high-performing and economical coloring solutions based on application requirements and operational processing needs, including custom formulations for paints, coatings, cement, concrete, inks, ceramics, glass, leather, metal and plastics.