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pig·ment  (pgmnt)

n.

1. A substance used as coloring.

2. Dry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder, to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products.

3. A substance, such as chlorophyll or melanin, that produces a characteristic color in plant or animal tissue.

tr.v. pig·ment·ed, pig·ment·ing, pig·ments

To color with pigment.

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[Middle English, spice, red dye, from Latin pigmentum, from pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]

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pigmen·tary (pgmn-tr) adj.

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pigment [ˈpɪgmənt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a substance occurring in plant or animal tissue and producing a characteristic colour, such as chlorophyll in green plants and haemoglobin in red blood

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) any substance used to impart colour

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a powder that is mixed with a liquid to give a paint, ink, etc.

[from Latin pigmentum, from pingere to paint]

pigmentary  adj

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pigment  (pgmnt)

1. An organic compound that gives a characteristic color to plant or animal tissues and is involved in vital processes. Chlorophyll, which gives a green color to plants, and hemoglobin, which gives blood its red color, are examples of pigments.

2. A substance or material used as coloring.

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pigment - From Latin pingere, "paint," it is a chemical that absorbs only certain colors from white light.

See also related terms for paint.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) chlorophyl, chlorophyll - any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms bacteriochlorophyll - a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants phycobilin - water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria phycoerythrin - red pigment in red algae phycocyanin - blue pigment in algae paint, pigment - 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; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" titania, titanic oxide, titanium dioxide, titanium oxide - a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability cobalt ultramarine, cobalt blue - greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina earth color - a colored mineral used as a pigment mosaic gold, stannic sulfide - a yellow pigment sometimes suspended in lacquer carotenoid - any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals animal pigment - pigment occurring in animals cerulean blue - light greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of oxides of cobalt and tin chrome green - any of a class of green pigments consisting of chrome yellow and iron blue Hooker's green - green pigment consisting of Prussian blue mixed with gamboge chrome yellow - any of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds bister, bistre - a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot flavonoid - any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone Indian red - a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics ivory black - a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil Prussian blue, iron blue - any of various blue pigments Payne's gray, Payne's grey - any pigment that produces a greyish to dark greyish blue coloring material, colour, colouring material, color - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim" alizarin, alizarine - an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing bole - a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment) lake - any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments lake - a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal orange - any pigment producing the orange color water-color, water-colour, watercolour, watercolor - water-soluble pigment retinal, retinene - either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light Paris green - a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate sepia - rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes porphyrin - any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues haem, haemitin, hematin, heme, protoheme - a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds haemosiderin, hemosiderin - a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism ultramarine, ultramarine blue - blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli photopigment - a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina cadmium yellow - pigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orange cupric acetate, verdigris - a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment ceruse, lead carbonate, white lead - a poisonous white pigment that contains lead Chinese white, zinc white - a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide
	2.	pigment - any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color coloring material, colour, colouring material, color - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"
	3.	pigment - 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; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" paint acrylic paint, acrylic - used especially by artists antifouling paint - a paint used to protect against the accumulation of barnacles etc. on underwater surfaces coating, coat - a thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint" coat of paint - a layer of paint covering something else distemper - paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder enamel - a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish encaustic - a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application finger paint, fingerpaint - paint that has the consistency of jelly house paint, housepaint - paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house oil paint - paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle semigloss - a paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat spray paint - paint applied with a spray gun water-base paint - paint in which water is used as the vehicle coloring material, colour, colouring material, color - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim" pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
Verb	1.	pigment - acquire pigment; become colored or imbued hue - take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey"
	2.	pigment - color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph" color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

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pigment

noun colour, colouring, paint, stain, dye, tint, tincture, colouring matter, colorant, dyestuff a wide range of natural pigments

Translations

pigment [ˈpɪgmənt] N → pigmento m

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pigment [ˈpɪgmənt] n → pigment m

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pigment

n → Pigment nt

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pigment [ˈpɪgmənt] n → pigmento

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pigment

n pigment [ˈpigmənt]

1 any substance used for colouring, making paint etc People used to make paint and dyes from natural pigments. pigment صِبْغ، خِضْب пигмент barvivo farvestof der Farbstoff βαφή pigmento värvaine رنگ väriaine pigment צִבעָן रंगद्रव्य, वर्णक pigment festőanyag zat warna litarefni pigmento 顔料 그림물감, 안료 pigmentas pigments pigmen kleurstof fargestoff, pigmentfarge barwnik pigmento pigment красящее вещество farbivo barvilo pigment pigment, färgämne สีย้อม boya maddesi 顏料 пігмент رنگ و روغن chất màu; chất nhuộm 颜料

2 a substance in plants or animals that gives colour to the skin, leaves etc Some people have darker pigment in their skin than others. pigment مادّةٌ تُعْطي الجِلْدَ لَونه пигмент pigment pigment das Pigment χρωστική ουσία pigmento pigment رنگ دانه pigmentti pigment פִּיגמֶנט पशुओं और पौधों में मौजूद होने वाला वर्णक जो चमड़ी या पत्तों को रंग देता है pigment pigment pigmen litarefni pigmento 色素 색소 pigmentas pigments pigmen pigment pigment pigment pigmento pig­ment пигмент pigment pigment pigment pigment วัสดุธรรมชาติที่ให้สี pigment 色素 пігмент پودوں اور جانوروں ميں ايک مادہ جو پتوں اور کھال کو رنگ ديتا ہے sắc tố 色素

n pigmenˈtation

colouring (of skin etc) Some illnesses cause a loss of pigmentation. pigmentasie تَخَضُّب، تَلَوُّن пигментация pigmentace pigmentering die Pigmentierung χρωματισμός του δέρματος pigmentación pigmentatsioon رنگ väritys pigmentation פִּיגמֶנטַציָה वर्णकता, रंजगता pigmentacija (el)színeződés pewarnaan litarháttur pigmentazione 色 착색 pigmentacija pigmentācija pempigmenan kleuring farge, pigmentering pigmentacja pigmentação pigmentare пигментация pigmentácia pigmentacija pigmentacija pigmentering การย้อมสี renklenme 色素沉著 пігментація کھال کے رنگ کي تبديلي sự hình thành sắc tố 色素沉着