According to the present invention, provided is a core-shell structured chromic microcapsule having a size of 50-1,500 m, comprising: a core comprising a colorant core (A) and an optional inner color layer (B); and a shell comprising a pressure sensitive destructible wall layer (C) encompassing the core, an optional outer color layer (D) and an optional outermost protective layer (E), wherein the colorant core allows a high content of a colorant to be contained, and the pressure sensitive destructible wall layer comprises carbon dioxide particles and a binder comprising one or more wall-forming materials and one or more lipid-base materials. The chromic microcapsule according to the present invention has high colorant content, has excellent storage durability, maintenance durability and color-hiding property of the inner color layers, is easily destroyed by pushing, rubbing, polishing or scrubbing with the hands or a tool (cotton fabric, sponge or paper) so as to express the color of the inner color layers, and can maintain stability for a long time even if being added into a carrier.

The present invention relates to a modified colorant comprising a colorant having at least one polymer attached or adsorbed thereto. The polymer comprises at least one functional group, and various embodiments of the functional group are disclosed. For each of these embodiments, preferably the functional group has a defined calcium index value. Also disclosed are various uses for these modified colorants, including inkjet ink compositions. Thus, the present invention further relates to an inkjet ink composition comprising a) a liquid vehicle, b) at least one colorant, and c) at least one polymer comprising at least one functional group as described herein.

An organic pigment composition that allows a colored item to have good color saturation and high resistance to a change in hue even when subjected to a thermal history for a prolonged period. A color filter includes an organic pigment composition for color filters in a pixel portion. The organic pigment composition for color filters includes an organic pigment (A) having an average primary particle size of 100 nm or less; and a copolymer (B) of a (meth)acrylic acid ester having a phosphate group and another (meth)acrylic acid ester having no phosphate group, the amount of a nonvolatile component of the copolymer (B) being 0.1 to 15 parts relative to 100 parts of the organic pigment (A) on a mass basis.

The present invention relates to a modified colorant comprising a colorant having at least one polymer attached or adsorbed thereto. The polymer comprises at least one functional group, and various embodiments of the functional group are disclosed. For each of these embodiments, preferably the functional group has a defined calcium index value. Also disclosed are various uses for these modified colorants, including inkjet ink compositions. Thus, the present invention further relates to an inkjet ink composition comprising a) a liquid vehicle, b) at least one colorant, and c) at least one polymer comprising at least one functional group as described herein.

The present invention relates to a modified colorant comprising a colorant having attached at least one organic group. Various embodiments of the organic group are disclosed. For each of these embodiments, preferably the organic group has a defined calcium index value. Also disclosed are various uses for these modified colorants, including inkjet ink compositions.

The present invention relates to a modified colorant comprising a colorant having attached at least one organic group. Various embodiments of the organic group are disclosed. For each of these embodiments, preferably the organic group has a defined calcium index value. Also disclosed are various uses for these modified colorants, including inkjet ink compositions.

The invention provides an aqueous ink containing a coloring material, wherein the coloring material is a self-dispersible pigment in which a functional group containing another atomic group and an anionic group such as a carboxylic acid group, a sulfonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group or a phosphonic acid group are bonded to a particle surface of a pigment such as carbon black or an organic pigment, and a standard deviation of an introduced amount of the functional group is 0.0380 or less.

An electrophoretic medium comprises a plurality of a first type of charged particles in a non-polar liquid. Each of the plurality of the first type of charged particles has a core and a shell. The core comprises an organic pigment and a graphene oxide layer. The shell comprises an organosilane layer and a polymeric layer. The electrophoretic medium may be incorporated in a color electrophoretic device to improve its electro-optic performance.