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Color and Special Effect Technologies

Differentiate Your Products
Custom colors and effects differentiate products in crowded segments. Bayer Color Technologies offer a broad palette of color services, from color matching to custom compounding, and we also offer technologies ranging from molded-in color to custom coloration of already molded parts. Bayer Color and Special Effect Technologies are intended for use only with engineered plastics from Bayer, including polycarbonate and polycarbonate blends.

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LEDA®

Compounded Color Technology

LEDA® compounded color technology adds the colorants and additives right in the plastic pellest to yield the exact molded-in colors and special effects you want time-after-time, displaying effects such as sparkle, shimmer, pearlescence, glow-in-the-dark and metallic appearance.

AURA®

Infusion Technology

AURA® infusion technology truly allows you to color parts on demand. Apply color to one - or a million and one - already molded or extruded parts with AURA® infusion technology.

MILENA®

Color Concentrates for Special Applications

MILENA® color concentrate technology delivers the industry's most vibrant and versatile colors for special applications such as CDs and DVDs, without the hassles usually associated with coloring Optical Data Storage (ODS) media.
Function and Distinction through Color & Design

Color and design are an important part of every application, and Bayer's Color & Design services help customers choose the right look their customers want. Learn more by watching this video.