This would appear to be a very good reason for painting anything (film coating is a painting process) and while the penalty for coating tablets the wrong colour is unlikely to be so extreme, the Queen (FDA, MCA, etc.) is likely to extract very costly and damaging retribution. No doubt ‘heads would roll’ metaphorically. So why are tablets coated? After all, it is a messy, complicated and expensive process. | PHARMACEUTICAL COATING TECHNOLOGY Vav Cc- e. KfV Also available as a printed book see title verso for ISBN details Page i Pharmaceutical Coating .