Pushing the limits of color

From liquid dyes for paper to reactive liquid crystals, photo‑alignment layers and photochromic colourants — colour made by chemists who synthesise the molecule themselves.

About us

From molecule to verified field results — one chemistry loop.

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Synthesis

We do not buy dyes in — we build them from the molecule. That is why we can move a colour exactly where it needs to go.

Micro-encapsulation

An encapsulation platform built under a national R&D project. Both our photochromic pigments and WATER HENNA came out of it.

Application

Paper, display, optics, cosmetics, environment. The same chemistry, re-engineered for each industry’s constraints.

By the numbers

Results, proven in the lab

Liquid direct dye for paper
ONE & ONLY
To develop and produce direct dyes in Korea
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CIELab coordinates · paper dyes Point positions are measured L*a*b* values of dyed paper; point size shows the three concentration steps.
-1001020304050 -100204060 a* b* Yellow — L*95.21 a*-3.21 b*21.95 Yellow — L*93.7 a*-3.26 b*37.54 Yellow — L*91.52 a*-1.11 b*58.65 Orange — L*70.33 a*9.4 b*15.04 Orange — L*74.41 a*12.51 b*17.42 Orange — L*63.69 a*14.5 b*18.54 Red — L*88.64 a*12.67 b*0.86 Red — L*74.41 a*34.71 b*-0.76 Red — L*63.69 a*44.26 b*4.24 Black — L*80.67 a*-1.88 b*2.71 Black — L*64.26 a*-2 b*-1.82 Black — L*49.33 a*-1.71 b*-2.04
  • Yellow
  • Orange
  • Red
  • Black
Yellow · pH 4.5
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Dye absorption efficiency

Almost nothing escapes into the effluent unfixed — and it still holds 95% at pH 6.6.

Water and dye only
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Solubility in water

Complete dissolution means uniform colour and fewer defects — and no airborne powder for the operator.

By the numbers

Two decades, in numbers

Established
2003

Started with Korea-made liquid paper dyes

In liquid dye manufacturing
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Continuous supply to major paper mills

Photochromic colors
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Yellow · Magenta · Blue · Violet

Product lines
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Paper · display · optics · environment · cosmetics · fine chemicals

Technology

Colour made by chemists. Proven by data.

The harder the requirement, the more we keep to four steps. Skip one and the line will find it for you.

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Define the requirement

Substrate, process temperature, pH and regulatory limits come first.

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Design and synthesise

Rather than picking an existing dye, we build the molecule to fit.

03

Test and control colour

Reproducibility verified through CIELab coordinates and fastness testing.

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Apply on site

We run it on your line and tune the conditions with you.

Trusted by

Korea’s major paper mills use Ons dyes.

Since developing Korea’s own liquid dye for corrugated paper in 2002, we have supplied liner board and kraft lines without interruption for over two decades.

A number of mills adopted the X-rite closed-loop colour control system through us — to cut dye consumption without giving up quality.

Liquid paper dye colour samples — orange, red, black
01 — Colour samples · Orange · Red · Black
Ons liquid dye colour samples
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What are you looking to solve?

Send us the substrate and your constraints — we will come back with an assessment and samples.