Pigment

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  • noun. A substance used as coloring.
  • noun. Dry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder, to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products.
  • noun. A substance, such as chlorophyll or melanin, that produces a characteristic color in plant or animal tissue.
  • transitive verb. To color with pigment.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Any substance that is or can be used by painters to impart color to bodies; technically, a dry substance, usually in the form of a powder or in lumps so lightly held together as to be easily pulverized, which after it has been mixed with a liquid medium can be applied by painters to surfaces to be colored.
  • noun. In biology, organic coloring matter; any organized substance whose presence in the tissues of animals and plants colors them.
  • noun. Highly spiced wine sweetened with honey; piment.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.
  • noun. Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.
  • noun. Wine flavored with species and honey.
  • noun. a small cell containing coloring matter, as the pigmented epithelial cells of the choroid and iris, or the pigmented connective tissue cells in the skin of fishes, reptiles, etc.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any color in plant or animal cells
  • noun. A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
  • noun. Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
  • verb. To add color or pigment to something.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
  • noun. any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color
  • verb. color or dye with a pigment
  • noun. a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
  • verb. acquire pigment; become colored or imbued
    • Word Usage
    "My guess is the cop was driving through the n'hood and saw a guy with too much skin pigment for that area, and overreacted."
    Form
    pigmentary  pigmentation  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    color  color in  coloring material  colorise  colorize  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    carbon  catalyst  chalk  chemical  coloring  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Adrianople red  Alice blue  Arabian red  Argos brown  Bordeaux  
    verb-form
    pigmented  pigmenting  pigments  
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