pigment
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Noun (3)pigments
- dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)Type of coloring material, colouring materialKinds hemosiderin, Hooker's green, cerulean blue, ivory black, Payne's grey, iron blue, cadmium yellow, cobalt blue, mosaic gold, zinc white +28 moreSubstance of paint
- any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic colorType of coloring material, colouring material
- 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”Synonyms: paintType of coating, coloring materialKinds finger paint, oil paint, encaustic, acrylic, distemper, antifouling paint, house paint, water-base paint, enamel, semigloss +1 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. pigmentum, fr. the root of pingere to paint: cf. F. pigment. See Paint, and cf. Pimento, Orpiment.
1. 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.
2. Physiology Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.
3. Wine flavored with species and honey. Sir Walter Scott
Pigment cell Physiology, 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54