Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Basic Brown 17 in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Basic Brown 17 is a cosmetic ingredient that colours hair. The EU allows it only with limits or conditions. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 10 products, most often hair care.
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What does Basic Brown 17 do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Basic Brown 17 colours hair. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: hair dyeing.
What other names and numbers does Basic Brown 17 have?
- CAS number
- 68391-32-2
- EC number
- 269-944-0
- CosIng reference
- 32071
Is Basic Brown 17 restricted in the EU?
Yes, it has limits. The EU allows it only with limits or conditions of use, such as a maximum amount or a warning on the label (Annex III of Regulation 1223/2009, entry 304).
The annex entry sets the exact limits, the products it may be used in and any warning the label must carry.
Which products contain Basic Brown 17?
Open Beauty Facts finds Basic Brown 17 in the ingredient lists of 10 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and hair conditioners.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 3 · France 2 · Spain 1 · Norway 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Basic Brown 17 turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- EU Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products (the annexes)
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