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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

Noun

1. any substance which gives colour to paint or dye

2. a substance which occurs in plant or animal tissue and produces a characteristic colour [Latin pigmentum]

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.

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

Translations

pigment [ˈpɪgmənt] n → pigmento

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pigment [ˈpɪgmənt] n → pigment m

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pigment [ˈpɪgmənt] n → Pigment nt

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pigment [ˈpɪgmənt] n → pigmento