Detailed record of products that can be found in the market is put under a Color Index reference. For each product name there is a listing of the manufacturer's name, principal usages, physical form, and comments to help the customers. This format has been devised after taking into confidence the coloration industry (including prominent manufacturers, users, CPMA and ETAD)
Colorants get listed in the Color Index strictly in accordance with the system of (a) Color Index Generic Names (b) Color Index Constitution Numbers
Around 27,000 individual products are listed under a total of 13,000 Color Index Generic Names
Chemical structures that are depicted is strictly in accordance with the results obtained by modern researches on molecular conformation
Popular format has been devised with an unique 'fingerprint' concept
Part 1 of the information gets freshly confirmed with suppliers and manufacturers. Part 2 of the information is either confirmed freshly with suppliers and manufacturers or is depicted as "carried over from the previous edition