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Canonical INCI monograph

HC YELLOW NO. 2

Not on the EU Annex III list

HC Yellow No. 2 is the hair color that conforms to the formula

HC YELLOW NO. 2 is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional category Hair Dyeing, with CAS number 4926-55-0 and EC number 225-555-8. CosIng records a restriction against it (Annex III/255), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 23 on Schwarzkopf Brilliance Hair Gloss Black 150mL.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
4926-55-0
EC NUMBER
225-555-8
COSING FUNCTIONS
Hair Dyeing
COSING RESTRICTION
Annex III/255

Sample products containing HC YELLOW NO. 2

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

PRODUCT LABEL POSITION
Schwarzkopf Brilliance Hair Gloss Black 150mL #23

Query HC YELLOW NO. 2 in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "HC YELLOW NO. 2"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.

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