ʻO nā pigment hao oxide he mau hui inorganic i loaʻa mai nā oxide hao, he mau minelala kūlohelohe i hana ʻia e hana i nā ʻano kala ʻōlinolino a paʻa. Hoʻohana nui ʻia kēia mau pigments i nā ʻoihana like ʻole ma muli o ko lākou mau waiwai kala maikaʻi loa, ka opacity kiʻekiʻe, ka paʻa ʻana o ka māmā, a me ke kūpaʻa ʻana i ka wā. Loaʻa lākou i nā ʻano aka he nui, me nā ʻulaʻula, melemele, ʻeleʻele, a me nā browns, a hiki ke hana maoli ʻia a hana ʻia paha ma ke ʻano synthetic.

I loko o ka ʻoihana pena a me nā uhi ʻana, ua mahalo nui ʻia nā pigment hao oxide no ko lākou hiki ke hāʻawi i ke kala ikaika a lōʻihi i nā ʻili o waho a me loko. Hoʻohana ʻia lākou i loko o nā huahana plastik a me ka laholio e hoʻohui i ke kala a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana, a i loko o nā mea hoʻonani e hāʻawi i nā waihoʻoluʻu kūlohelohe i nā kumu, nā aka maka, a me nā lipstick. Eia kekahi, hoʻohana ʻia nā pigment hao oxide i loko o ka ʻoihana kūkulu hale no ke kala ʻana i nā mea kūkulu hale e like me ka sima, nā piliki, a me nā tile, e hoʻonui ana i ko lākou ʻano nani a me ke kūpaʻa.