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Organic pigments and Titanium dioxide

Their prices have moved together.

Organic pigments (chemical) and Titanium dioxide (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: partner pigment

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Titanium dioxide supplies white and opacity while organic pigments add colour, and both go to the same coatings makers. The proxy is a dye and pigment manufacturing index that partly covers organic pigments too; monthly moves correlate at 0.25 and yearly at 0.71.

  • 0.25 monthly change correlation
  • 0.71 12-month change correlation
  • 0.88 fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.