DayGlo

Day-Glo Color Corp. is the world’s largest manufacturer of daylight fluorescent pigments. Day-Glo develops technologies that improve and enhance any color, from subtle specialty effects, to glow-in-the-dark pigments, to their classic range of fluorescents.

Discover their custom color solutions for packaging and consumer goods, plastics, graphic arts, paints and coatings, dyes and textiles, as well as the personal care and cosmetics ingredients industries.

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Products by Market

Graphic Arts
Publishing: Use bold colors on magazine covers and mailings to stand out on crowded newsstands. DayGlo’s extensive range of classic fluorescent inks and pigments can enhance any printed material.

Packaging: Enhance shelf appeal with our diversified color solutions, which can be used in nearly all print packaging applications from boxes for cereal and children’s toys to high-end consumer electronics and perfumes.

Create new colors with StarFire® II , the latest generation of DayGlo fluorescents. The bright translucent pigments and inks can be used alone or overprint another color for cleaner and bolder shades for maximum impact. Protect your brand with DayGlo Phantom™ pigments and dyes for package safety applications.

Visual Merchandising: Research studies have demonstrated time and time again – color attracts consumers and drives brand sales. Products identified with fluorescent signs have increased as much as 50% in both unit sales and dollar sales compared to those with non-fluorescent signs. That’s why leading global brands continue to partner with us in their packaging and display development.

Use DayGlo fluorescent colors to energize posters, banners, and bring any kind of signage to life. Whether you are looking for subtle shades that blend together for maximum realism; strong, bold colors that stand out; or an unforgettable image that shimmers and changes in the light, DayGlo has the answer.

Eco-Friendly Printing: Make saving the planet a colorful experience! Add an eco-friendly splash of color to apparel wear, packaging or any substrate that can be printed. Made from post-consumer plastics, DayGlo’s ECO Pigments are the first environmentally friendly pigments to offer the same color brilliance as traditional fluorescent pigments.

So with DayGlo, whether you choose pink or orange, you’ll always be Green!

PlasticsDayGlo works closely with masterbatch producers, designers and manufacturers to explore new avenues of product development and market growth. We specialize in developing pigments suitable for polyolefins for injection molding, blow molding and rotational molding, as well engineering resins, plastisols and vinyl resins.
Packaging
Differentiate your products with our diversified color solutions for rigid and flexible packaging formats.

With GloPrill®, the next generation of DayGlo FDA Compliant fluorescents, enhance your product’s shelf appeal with bright, attention grabbing colors. When combined with other colors, the result is cleaner and bolder shades for high-impact packaging. Gem-ToneTM non-fluorescent colorants have FDA approval for use in PP packaging. Feel confident with both product lines that all governmental regulations will be met. Give plastic packaging the appearance of metal with the shimmering two-tone color effects of Cambio.

Paints and CoatingsWith DayGlo colors, a sleek metallic sheen can be painted onto plastic, or paper, or even wood. Glow-in-the-dark colors can clearly mark exits and safe passages for a safer workplace.

DayGlo works closely with coatings formulators, suppliers and OEMs to explore new avenues for product development and market growth. We specialize in developing enamels, lacquers, tempera and watercolors, and aerosols for the paints and coatings industry.

Consumer Products: DayGlo colors are a rich source of inspiration for the consumer paints and coatings market: vivid felt-pens and highlighters, rich and varied pastels, and reflective, vibrant and exciting aerosols.

Color affects us on a subconscious level. It sets the mood, stirs our desires, and demands attention. DayGlo colors engage, inspire, and protect.

With DayGlo colors, a sleek metallic sheen can be painted onto plastic, or paper, or even wood. Glow-in-the-dark colors can clearly mark exits and safe passages for a safer workplace.

DayGlo works closely with coatings formulators, suppliers and OEMs to explore new avenues for product development and market growth. We specialize in developing enamels, lacquers, tempera and watercolors, and aerosols for the paints and coatings industry.
Applications

Consumer Products

It’s easy to enhance everyday products with DayGlo specialty color effects.

DayGlo colors are a rich source of inspiration for the consumer paints and coatings market: vivid felt-pens and highlighters, rich and varied pastels, and reflective, vibrant and exciting aerosols.

Explore our full range of fluorescents and specialty color effects and discover new ways to inspire and encourage the next generation of artists, whether their tastes are in finger paints or watercolors.
Industrial Goods: The need for clear and distinct paints in an industrial setting is undeniable, and that’s just what DayGlo offers with our trademarked bold and bright fluorescents.

Use distinctive shades to mark potential danger zones of a shop floor or construction site, choose strong colors to mark crates and boxes clearly, or simply use a bright paint to ensure high visibility from a distance or in low light.

Security and Safety: Bold colors and glow-in-the-dark effects are a must for safety applications, where visibility is everything.

Enhance safety for greater peace of mind with strong, eye-catching colors.

With DayGlo fluorescents and NightGlo, our range of glow in the dark pigments, and marking paints, you can make sure everything is clearly marked under low-light conditions, whether it is hazardous materials, safe passageways, or the emergency exit.

Architecture and Construction: A construction site can be confusing and dangerous. DayGlo fluorescents communicate potential danger zones with a glance.

Our bright and strong colors are perfect for highlighting load-bearing structures, showing where electrical or plumbing conduits run behind unfinished drywall, or simply marking where the next ten nails need to be placed.

Cosmetics and Personal CareDayGlo colors naturally enhance or dramatically transform everyday cosmetics and personal care products.

Create new shades or color-shifting effects with DayGlo’s unique products for cosmetics ingredients.

And, for packaging as luxurious as the products in them, start with our color portfolio.

Ingredients:

Look to DayGlo for bronzers that illuminate, lipsticks that shine, or eye shadows that shimmer.

Experiment with DermaGlo for softer or brighter shades of pink, orange, or red. Create a fresh look using colors separately, or layered or blended with others for sheer or full coverage.

Packaging:

From shampoo and laundry detergent to high-end lipstick and face creams, discover new colors for cosmetics and personal care packaging.

With StarFire II, the next generation of DayGlo fluorescents, enhance your product’s shelf appeal with bright, vivid colors. When combined with other colors, the result is cleaner and bolder shades for high-impact packaging.

Equally important to driving sales, our Phantom invisible inks are essential to brand protection and anti-counterfeiting strategies.

Consumer ProductsWhether its BBQ served on plastic, translucent Gem-Tone plates, vibrant learning toys for toddlers, or a sleek metallic sheen on a snowboard – the only limit is your imagination!

DayGlo colors are a rich source of inspiration for the consumer paints and coatings market: vivid felt-pens and highlighters, rich and varied pastels, and reflective, vibrant and exciting aerosols.

Food and Beverage
DayGlo’s new FDA-compliant pigments are approved for use in plastics with food contact. Now, brand owners can create rich and intense consumer products and packaging formats safe for all food and beverages.

Gem-ToneTM Polymeric Colorants

DayGlo’s new line of Gem-Tone colorants are the first FDA-approved polymeric colorants for use in Clarified Polypropylene. Gem-Tone is currently available in 4 rich, transparent colors such as Sapphire Blue and Ruby Red. A full range of colors can be achieve by blending the standard colors.

GloPrill® FDA

DayGlo new GloPrill FDA for food and beverage applications is the first FDA compliant Fluorescent Pigment approved for HDPE and PP packaging. GloPrill FDA pigments can be used separately or combined with virtually any color to create unique colors that are cleaner and brighter.

Safety and SecurityMake potential danger zones visible – even in lower light conditions.

DayGlo’s fluorescent and NightGlo color solutions are vital to any industrial setting. Ensure products can be identified quickly and accurately with bright colors.

Bold colors and glow-in-the-dark effects are a must for safety applications, where visibility is everything.

Enhance safety for greater peace of mind with strong, eye-catching colors.

With DayGlo fluorescents and NightGlo, our range of glow in the dark pigments, and marking paints, you can make sure everything is clearly marked under low-light conditions, whether it is hazardous materials, safe passageways, or the emergency exit.