# Organic pigments and Titanium dioxide

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/organic-pigments-and-titanium-dioxide/

[Organic pigments](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/pigments/) (chemical) and [Titanium dioxide](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/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.