COLOURANT
Ext. Violet 2 (CI 60730)
- colourant
A certified colour that tints the product itself. It does not colour hair.
- products in our library
- 108
- of researched products
- 3%
- on the label, in our shampoos
- usually #24
- most common in
- Shampoo
- in water
- Water-soluble
At a glance
Four named levels, read from this ingredient’s chemical class, its charge, its solubility, or where it sits on the labels we have. More dots means more of the property named — never “better”.
How much of it is left on hair between washes.
What it takes to get it off the hair again.
How prominently it is listed where it appears most.
Where it sits on the labels we have, in the category it appears in most.
| Property | Level | Out of |
|---|---|---|
| Buildup risk | Low | 1 of 5 |
| Rinse-out behaviour | Rinses clean | 5 of 5 |
| Deposit | Small | 2 of 5 |
| Prominence | Secondary | 2 of 5 |
What it does for a formula
What Ext. Violet 2 (CI 60730) does
The general function first, then how the role changes by product type where we have researched it.
The colour of what is in the bottle — or, in a depositing product, of the hair.
Stains the hair surface at rinse-off strength: the toner in purple and blue shampoos.
Violet sits opposite yellow on the colour wheel: how a purple shampoo dulls brassy blonde.
Water alone removes it, so it does not accumulate between washes.
Charge
Negatively charged, like the hair surface itself — so it is repelled rather than attracted, rinses away cleanly, and is the charge most detergents carry.
Solubility
Rinses out with water alone — it does not accumulate on hair between washes.
Where it appears
Where it appears
One row per product category in our library: how many products list it, what share of that category that is, and where it typically sits on the label.
| Product type | How common | Typical position on label ? |
|---|---|---|
Shampoo
44 products
|
secondary · #24 | |
Conditioner
31 products
|
secondary · #34 | |
Mask / treatment
13 products
|
secondary · #25 | |
Co-wash
3 products
|
secondary · #41 | |
Leave-in
3 products
|
secondary · #32 | |
Finisher: oil
2 products
|
secondary · #22 | |
Finisher: serum
2 products
|
secondary · #44 | |
Styler: gel
2 products
|
secondary · #21 | |
Styler: paste
2 products
|
secondary · #14 | |
Styler: texture spray
2 products
|
secondary · #31 |
4 more product types
| Product type | How common | Typical position on label ? |
|---|---|---|
Finisher: shine spray
1 product
|
secondary · #13 | |
Heat protectant
1 product
|
secondary · #22 | |
Styler: mousse
1 product
|
secondary · #33 | |
Styler: smoothing cream
1 product
|
secondary · #31 |
| Product type | Products | Share of category | Median position | Earliest position | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shampoo | 44 | 5% | 24 | 1 | secondary |
| Conditioner | 31 | 4% | 34 | 7 | secondary |
| Mask / treatment | 13 | 3% | 25 | 1 | secondary |
| Co-wash | 3 | 3% | 41 | 22 | secondary |
| Leave-in | 3 | 1% | 32 | 27 | secondary |
| Finisher: oil | 2 | 1% | 22 | 8 | secondary |
| Finisher: serum | 2 | 3% | 44 | 22 | secondary |
| Styler: gel | 2 | 1% | 21 | 20 | secondary |
| Styler: paste | 2 | 2% | 14 | 11 | secondary |
| Styler: texture spray | 2 | 3% | 31 | 30 | secondary |
| Finisher: shine spray | 1 | 2% | 13 | 13 | secondary |
| Heat protectant | 1 | 1% | 22 | 22 | secondary |
| Styler: mousse | 1 | 1% | 33 | 33 | secondary |
| Styler: smoothing cream | 1 | 2% | 31 | 31 | secondary |
No product-type differences have been researched yet — the reading below is computed from where it sits on the labels in our library.
Position footprint
Every listing in our library, by position on the label.
| Positions | Zone | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | Leading | 2 |
| 4-8 | Supporting | 7 |
| 9-15 | Secondary | 16 |
| 16-25 | Lower | 38 |
| 26+ | Trace | 61 |
How to read this
US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order.
So position tells you about relative amount only above that line, and we never convert a position into a percentage.
Who should pay attention
Conditional formulation guidance, scoped to a hair condition and to the positions where it is meaningful. It is not a conclusion about any finished product, and not a conclusion about you.
A violet or blue colorant sits opposite yellow on the colour wheel, so a trace of it deposited on the surface makes a warm cast read cooler. It washes out over the following few washes.
A deposited colorant is a surface layer. It is a very small amount of material, but on a routine already fighting for root lift it is one more thing sitting on the strand.
Read where it is listed in the first three ingredients or positions 4–8.Read from this ingredient’s chemical class. Where we have researched the ingredient itself, that reading replaces the class one.
Why it matters to shoppers
What this ingredient is evidence of, what it is not evidence of, and what our own method can and cannot tell you.
- a product whose colour you can see
- a tint that counters brassiness or refreshes a shade
- brassy yellow toned down
- a rinse-clean feel
- an exact safety score — we do not publish one, for any ingredient
- how a finished product performs by itself — that is the whole formula, not one line of it
- the exact percentage in a bottle — label position never converts into a number
- a secondary colourant, listed below the main ingredients in our shampoos
- it was on the label of every product we counted — we read printed ingredient lists, not marketing copy
- that it will change your hair colour
- that a product is right or wrong for you
We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades. Where a regulator has published a restriction or a use condition, we state it and cite it; otherwise we describe what the ingredient does and stop.
Commonly paired with
Ingredients that appear alongside this one most often in our library. Near-universal ingredients are excluded — they pair with everything and tell you nothing.
- Cetrimonium Chloride · 42
- Propylene Glycol · 39
- Behentrimonium Chloride · 39
- Benzyl Alcohol · 38
- Sodium Hydroxide · 36
- Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · 35
- Isopropyl Alcohol · 33
- Sodium Chloride · 33
- Cetyl Alcohol · 32
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine · 31
The number beside a name is how many products in our library list both.
These ingredients tend to appear together to improve feel after rinsing, carry the formula and let it dry, and keep the formula stable.
Found in these products
The most prominent placements first. The badge is the position on that product’s own ingredient list.
Oribe · Mask / treatment
Bright Blonde Radiance & Repair Treatment
#1 on the label · $10.85/oz
Schwarzkopf Professional · Shampoo
BC Bonacure Color Freeze Silver Shampoo
#1 on the label · $0.87/oz
Fanola · Shampoo
Fanola No Yellow Shampoo
#6 on the label · $1.11/oz
Fanola · Mask / treatment
No Yellow Mask
#6 on the label · $1.18/oz
Clairol · Conditioner
Clairol Professional Shimmer Lights Purple Conditioner for Blonde & Silver Hair
#7 on the label · $0.77/oz
dpHUE · Shampoo
Cool Blonde Shampoo
#7 on the label · $3.50/oz
dpHUE · Conditioner
Gloss+ Toning Purple
#7 on the label · $6.00/oz
Matrix · Mask / treatment
Brass Off Custom Neutralization Mask
#8 on the label · $1.57/oz
Moroccanoil · Finisher
Moroccanoil Treatment Purple Hair Oil
#8 on the label · $21.47/oz
dpHUE · Shampoo
Cool Brunette Shampoo
#9 on the label · $3.50/oz
Pureology · Conditioner
Strength Cure Blonde Purple Conditioner
#10 on the label · $4.11/oz
Matrix · Conditioner
Brass Off Blue Pigmented Conditioner
#11 on the label · $2.28/oz
See all 108 products in the library that list Ext. Violet 2 (CI 60730)
Identity
What this entry is, and what our references call it.
No public-domain structure depiction is available for this entry.
Ext. Violet 2 (CI 60730)
- direct dye
- violet dye
- acid violet 43
- acid violet 43 (ci 60730)
- ci 60730
- ci 60730 (d&c violet no. 2)
- ci 60730 (d&c violet no.2)
- ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)
- ci 60730 (ext. violet no. 2)
- ci 60730 / acid violet 43
- ci 60730 / ext
- ci 60730 / ext. violet 2
- ci 60730/acid violet 43
- ci 60730/ext. violet 2
- cl 60730 (ext. violet no. 2)
- ext violet 2
- ext violet 2 (ci 60730)
- ext. d&c violet 2 (ci 60730)
- ext. violet 2
- ext. violet 2 (ci 60730)
- ext. violet 2/ci 60730
- pure violet pigment
- violet 2 (ci 60730)
- violet pigment (ext. violet 2)
For your hair?
Whether Ext. Violet 2 (CI 60730) matters for your hair depends on your hair.
the 2nd most-listed colourant in our libraryWhat this ingredient does, and where it sits on the labels we have researched.
A verdict on any product that contains it, and never a safety grade.
We do not physically test your hair. Everything above is read from the ingredient lists in our library and from published references — the consultation is what turns it into a plan.
References
Seed entry — sourcing in progress Written from our reference work; primary sourcing is still being attached.
No published source is attached to this entry yet.
How this page was made
- Every number above is counted from the ingredient lists in our own product library — 108 of 3889 researched products list this ingredient. Nothing on this page is written per ingredient.
- The dots are named levels read from an ingredient’s chemical class, charge, solubility, or where it sits on the labels we have — never a score.
- US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order. Position tells you about relative amount only above that line, and we never convert a position into a percentage.
- The prominence bands (leading, supporting, secondary) are the same ones the product pages use to read a single label, applied here to the median position across a category.
- We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades. Where a regulator has published a restriction or a use condition, we state it and cite it; otherwise we describe what the ingredient does and stop.
- Identifiers and references appear only when a published source is attached to this entry; where none is, the row is simply absent rather than filled in.
- This is cosmetic information, not medical advice, and nothing here diagnoses or treats a health condition.
- Entry last updated 2026-09-02. Product-page methodology: the product library.