Inorganic pigment granules process for their production and their use

Process for producing inorganic compacted pigment granules comprising the steps of mixing at least one pigment powder with auxiliary substances selected from the group consisting of mixtures of polyalkylene glycols with a molecular weight of <2000 wherein alkylene is ethylene or propylene, lignin sulphonates, and cellulose ethers with a viscosity of <1000 mPa.s in 2 wt. % aqueous solution at 20.degree. C., wherein at least two and no more than three auxiliary substances are from different groups, in a quantity of 0.1 to 4 wt. % per auxiliary substance, related to pigment, compressing or briquetting the mixture, crushing the compressed or briquetted product, separating the crushed product into two or more fractions, removing one fraction as product in which at least 85% of the particles are larger than 50 .mu.m or lie between 50 and 1000 .mu.m, and expelling or recycling the other fraction and/or fractions from the process.