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CD Dye
Index
  • Introduction
  • CD Structure
  • The Color to Dye for...
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  • Introduction
    The dye of a CD-R is the organic layer which records the actual data.

    Here is an overview of all available Dye materials, all organic based:

    Dye Material Patent Holder Dye Color
    Cyanine Taiyo Yuden Blue
    PhthaloCyanine Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals Transparent
    Metallized Azo Verbatim/Mitsubishi Blue
    Advanced PhthaloCyanine Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals Transparent
    Formazan Kodak Japan Limited Light Green
    The Formazan Dye is a hybrid Cyanine/PhthaloCyanine combination which has been developed by Kodak.
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    CD Structure
    Unlike an ordinary CD, the CD-R has an organic dye recording layer between the polycarbonate substrate and the light reflective layer. In addition, the polycarbonate substrate is etched with a spiral pre-groove. This pre-groove is used for guiding the laser beam, time measurement and various controls during recording.
    The laser beam, modulated by the recording signal, is focused on the groove. The beam heats and melts the recording layer of organic dye on the polycarbonate substrate, forming a series of pits. This pits are physically extremely stable, and are ideal for long-term data storage with the highest degree of reliability. cdrom.jpg (3821 bytes)
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    The Color to Dye for...
    The different colors which show up when you look at the bottom of the CD-R are a combination of the reflection layer and the dye color (e.g. a Blue dye and a Gold reflection layer will generate a Green colored bottom):
    Dye Material
    Reflection Layer
    Gold Silver
    Cyanine Green Green/Blue
    PhthaloCyanine Gold -
    Metallized Azo - (Dark) Blue
    Advanced PhthaloCyanine Gold -
    Formazan Green/Gold -
    This is a list of the current Dye Types (the list is not complete yet):
    Type Material CD-R Color Manufacturer
    0 Cyanine Green
    Blue
    CMC Magnetics Corporation
    Customer Pressing Oosterhout
    InfoDisc Technology Co., Ltd.
    Fornet International Pte Ltd.
    Fuji Photo Film Co, Ltd
    Gigastorage Corporation
    Lead Data Inc.
    Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation
    Ritek Co.
    Taiyo Yuden Company Limited
    TDK Corporation
    Xcitek Inc.
    1 Cyanine Green
    Blue
    Doremi Media Co., Ltd.
    Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation
    Multi Media Masters & Machinary SA
    Pioneer Video Corporation
    Taiyo Yuden Company Limited
    2 Cyanine Blue Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation
    Multi Media Masters & Machinary SA
    3 Cyanine Green
    Blue
    King Pro Mediatek Inc.
    Grand Advance Technology Ltd.
    Pioneer Video Corporation
    Ritek Co.
    4 Cyanine Green
    Blue
    Computer Support Italy S.R.L
    Postech Corp.
    SKC Co., Ltd.
    5 PhthaloCyanine Gold Kodak Japan Limited
    Mitsui Chemicals
    Ritek Co.
    6 PhthaloCyanine Gold Ricoh Company Limited
    Acer Media Technology, Inc.
    Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.
    7 PhthaloCyanine Gold Kodak Japan Limited
    8 Cyanine Green
    Blue
    CDA - Dateträger Albrechts GmbH
    Princo Corporation
    PhthaloCyanine Gold Princo Corporation
    MPO
    9 Cyanine Blue Prodisc Technology Inc.
    PhthaloCyanine Gold Prodisc Technology Inc.
    Ritek Co.
    All other CD-R manufacturers have their CD-R's made by the above companies or they license the patent to be able to make CD-R's.

    The color of the CD-R disc is related to the color of the specific dye that was used in the recording layer. This base dye color is modified when the reflective coating (gold or silver) is added. Some of the dye-reflective coating combinations appear green, some appear blue and others appear yellow/gold. Visual differences between various media types are irrelevant from the standpoint of their actual operation. At 780 nm, where CD-R recorders and CD-ROM readers function, the media are, for all intents and purposes, indistinguishable from an optical recording standpoint. They all "look" the same to the devices.

    The gold-colored CD-R uses the PhthaloCyanine pigment and a gold reflection layer. As the pigment is transparent, the golden reflection layer shines through the bottom side giving the `golden' look. Compared to the other colored media, the reflection contrast of the golden medium is the highest and the durability of such CD-R's is said to be over 100 years. As the golden medium's reflective property is the highest, if your friends or customers have problems reading data from any other burnt media, try using the gold medium CD-R.

    The green CD-R, the cheapest of the three, uses the Cyanine pigment. By itself, the pigment is blue in color, but together with the gold reflective layer, the bottom appears green. However, cyanine's ability to maintain reflectivity is poor giving it a life span of about 10 years. It also delivers the weakest reflection contrasts and thus can cause read errors when run on old CD-ROM drives.
    Lately cyanine formula has been altered which results in a much higher life span (20 to 50 years). The gold reflection layer has also been replaced by a silver reflection layer this make the color of the bottom appear blue.

    The blue media is made of Azo pigments. Like cyanine, it is blue in color but unlike the green CD-R it uses a silver reflection layer which gives the blue color. Manufacturers claim blue CD-R's are as durable as golden ones.

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