Pigment are insoluble regardless of the environment in which used.
Pigment exist in following forms:
- As crude pigment not transformed which requires a long and difficult mixing to avoid agglomerates
- As pigment pastes of which the pigment has been grounded to emulsion. The result is a product ready for use and it can be mixed directly with paint or cement
- As pigment in powder form ready for use. Those pigments have been grounded to aqueous form, then deshydrated to get into microbeads of 0.3mm diameter