Product overview
XTC MDMA Punisher 200mg Pink: Does the Colour Mean Anything
- Pack: Loose tab
- Category: Stimulants
- Availability: Availability on request
Colour is added to pills that is unrelated to the active ingredient. The colour comes from a colourant that is mixed into the powder that is pressed into pills. Pills of different colours can contain the same compound and dose of the active ingredient; the colourants are used as they are available and cheap.
What colour can indicate
A colour does indicate a difference between pill mixes; there are two colours, therefore there are two mixes of the pill. This conveys information about the production of the pills, but says nothing about the contents of the pills.
Where 200 milligrams sits
According to DIMS, the average Dutch ecstasy pill contained 138mg of MDMA in 2023, with half the market between 117 and 163mg. At 200mg this sits clearly above that middle band. However, this is an advertised figure rather than a measurement of the actual content of the pills when taken from the market.
How pills reach the market
Ecstasy pills were 58% of everything DIMS received in 2023, at an average price of 4.10 euro.
The advantages people report
DIMS describes a feeling of intimacy, energy and euphoria. The EU Drugs Agency states that the drug enhances sensory awareness and stimulates the central nervous system. The empathogenic and entactogenic terms are used to describe the socialising effects of the drug.
Product details
- Pack type
- Loose tab
- Pack size
- Loose tab
- Article number
- SKU-9662152
- Availability
- Availability on request
- Category
- Stimulants
Common questions
Do darker or brighter pills contain more?
No. The intensity of the colour indicates the amount of colourant that went into making the pill, and the colourant is not the active ingredient. The intensity of the colour tells you nothing beyond the amount of dye that was used to make the pill.
Why colour pills at all?
For recognition. A coloured pill is easier to describe, easier to ask for and easier to distinguish from the batch that came before it. This is a marketing feature in the plainest sense.
Can the colouring itself be harmful?
The Dutch testing figures found caffeine, amphetamine, cathinones and, in very few cases, PMMA in these pills. The colourants are not listed among the substances of concern, which puts the risk on the active content rather than the dye.
