Fatty Acid Condensation Products As Dispersing Agent In Pigment Preparations

An aqueous pigment preparation comprising

• (A) 1.0 to 75.0 wt % of at least one organic or inorganic white or chromatic pigment, or a mixture of different organic and inorganic white or chromatic pigments,
• (B) 0.01 to 8.0 wt % of at least one fatty acid condensation product of the formula (I),
• in which
• R is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical having 7 to 21 carbon atoms,
• A is an oxygen atom, a —NH group, a —N(CH3) group, or a group of the formula (II),
• B is a carboxylic acid group of the formula —COOH, a sulfonic acid group of the formula —SO3H, the sodium, potassium, ammonium or monoalkanolammonium or trialkanolammonium salts thereof, and the deprotonated form —COO− and —SO3− thereof, and
• x and y independently of one another are an integer from 1 to 8,
• (C) 0.01 to 12.0 wt % of a nonionic surfactant, and
• (G) water.