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Pigment

Pigment Meaning & Definition
Pigment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pigment?

[n] dry coloring matter (especially an insoluble powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc)
[v] color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph"
[v] acquire pigment; become colored or imbued

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pigment:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pigment: absinthe | acid yellow | acier | acorn | Adrianople red | air brush | alabaster | alesan | Alice blue | alizarin brown | amber | amethyst | amidonaphthol red | aniline black | aniline blue | annatto | anthracene brown | anthragallol | antique brown | antique gold | apple green | apply paint | apricot | aqua green | aquamarine | Arabian red | Argos brown | arsenic yellow | art paper | ash | ash gray | aureolin | autumn leaf | avocado green | azo blue | azo-orange | azulene | azure | azurite blue | baby blue | barium sulfate | bat | bedaub | bedizen | begild | benzoazurine | beryl | beryl green | besmear | bice | biscuit | bister | blanc fixe | bleu celeste | blond | blue black | blue turquoise | bone black | bone brown | Bordeaux | bottle green | bracken | bright rose | Brunswick black | Brunswick blue | brush | brush on paint | buff | bunny brown | Burgundy | burnt almond | burnt carmine | burnt ocher | burnt Roman ocher | burnt rose | burnt sienna | butter | cadet blue | cadmium orange | cadmium yellow | cafe noir | calamine blue | calcimine | camera lucida | camera obscura | canary | canvas | Capri blue | carbon black | cardinal | carmine | carnation | carnelian | carotene | Cassel yellow | celadon | cerulean | chalk | chamois | champagne | charcoal | chartreuse | chartreuse green | chartreuse tint | chartreuse yellow | chestnut | Chinese blue | Chinese white | chrome | chrome black | chrome lemon | chrome orange | chrome oxide green | chrome red | chrome yellow | chromogen | chrysophenin | chrysoprase green | ciba blue | cinder gray | cinnabar | citron green | civette green | claret | Claude tint | clematis | cloud gray | coat | coat of paint | coating | cobalt | cobalt green | cochineal | coconut | Cologne brown | color | color filter | color gelatin | colorant | coloring | Columbian red | complexion | Congo rubine | Copenhagen blue | copper | copper red | coptic | corbeau | cordovan | cornflower | cover | cramoisie | crash | crayon | cream | cresol red | crimson | crocus | crystal gray | cucumber green | cyan | cyanine blue | cypress green | dab | dahlia | damask | damson | dandelion | daub | dead leaf | dead-color | deep-dye | delft blue | dip | distemper | doeskin | double-dye | dove gray | drab | drawing paper | drawing pencil | Dresden blue | drier | drop black | duck green | dun | Dutch orange | dye | dyestuff | easel | eggshell | Egyptian green | emblazon | emerald | emeraude | enamel | engild | English red | exterior paint | face | faded rose | fast-dye | fiesta | fir | fire red | fixative | flat coat | flat wash | flax | flesh | flesh color | flesh red | floor enamel | foliage brown | fox | French blue | French gray | fresco | fuchsia | fuchsine | gamboge | garter blue | gild | glauconite | glaucous | glaucous blue | glaucous gray | glaucous green | glaze | gloss | Gobelin blue | golden pheasant | Goya | grain | grape | grass green | green ocher | grege | ground | Guinea green | gun metal | hazel | helianthin | heliotrope | henna | holly green | honey | honey yellow | hue | hyacinth | hyacinth red | illuminate | imbue | imperial purple | incarnadine | India pink | Indian red | indigo | indigo white | infrared | ingrain | interior paint | Irish green | iron gray | iron red | isamine blue | ivory | ivory black | jade | Janus green | japan | jockey | jonquil | jouvence blue | Kelly green | Kendal green | Kildare green | lacquer | lake | lampblack | lapis lazuli blue | lavender | lavender blue | lay figure | lay on color | lead gray | leaf green | leather | lemon chrome | light red | lilac | Lincoln green | liver brown | livid pink | lobster | madder | madder blue | madder crimson | madder lake | madder orange | madder pink | madder rose | madder yellow | magenta | maize | Majolica earth | malachite green | mallow | mallow pink | mandarin | maple sugar | marigold | marine blue | maroon | Mars orange | Mars violet | massicot | maulstick | mauve | meadow brook | medium | melon | metanil yellow | methyl green | methyl orange | methyl yellow | methylene azure | methylene blue | Mexican red | mignonette | milori green | Mitis green | moleskin | monsignor | Montpellier green | moonlight | moss green | mouse gray | mulberry | mummy | murrey | myrtle | naphthol yellow | navy | navy blue | negro | neutral tint | new blue | Nile green | ocher brown | ocher orange | ocher red | oil yellow | old blue | old gold | old ivory | old red | olive | olive brown | olivesheen | opal gray | opaque color | orange chrome yellow | orange lead | orange madder | orange mineral | orange ocher | orchid | orchid rose | oriole | orpiment | orpiment red | otter brown | oxblood | oxide brown | paint | paintbrush | palette | palette knife | palladium red | pansy | pansy violet | parget | Paris green | Paris yellow | parrot green | partridge | pastel | patina green | pea green | peach | peachblossom pink | peacock blue | pearl | pearl gray | pebble | pelican | pencil | pepper-and-salt | Persian blue | Persian red | philamot | phosphine | pigments | platinum | plum | plumbago gray | pompadour green | Pompeian blue | ponceau | pontiff purple | poppy | powder blue | powder gray | prime | prime coat | primer | priming | primrose | primuline yellow | Prussian blue | Prussian red | puce | pumpkin | purple lake | purree | pyrethrum yellow | Quaker green | quince yellow | raisin | raw sienna | raw umber | realgar | realgar orange | red lead | red ocher | red pink | regal purple | reseda | resorcin dark brown | roan | roccellin | Roman umber | rose | rose pink | royal pink | royal purple | rubine | ruby | ruddle | russet | saffron | Saint Benoit | salmon | sand | sap green | Saxe blue | Saxony green | scarlet madder | Schweinfurt green | scratchboard | sea blue | seal | sea-water green | serpentine green | shade | shadow | shamrock | shell pink | shellac | shocking pink | siccative | silver | sketchbook | sketchpad | sky blue | slop on paint | smalt | smear | smoke blue | smoke gray | snapdragon | solferino | Spanish green | Spanish ocher | spatula | spray gun | stain | stammel | steel blue | steel gray | stil-de-grain yellow | stipple | straw | strawberry | stump | sulfur | sunflower yellow | suntan | Tanagra | tangerine | tartrazine | taupe | tawny | tea rose | tempera | tenne | terra cotta | terra sienna | terra umbra | terre-verte | thinner | tinct | tinction | tincture | tinge | tint | Titian | toast | toluidine red | tone | topaz | transparent color | trypan blue | Turkey red | Turkey umber | turpentine | turps | turquoise | Tyrian purple | ultramarine | umber | undercoat | undercoating | Vandyke red | varnish | vehicle | verd gay | verdant green | verdet | verdigris | vermilionette | Vienna green | violet | viridian | viridine green | wash | wash coat | Wedgwood blue | Wedgwood green | white lead | whitewash | wine | wine purple | woad | xanthene | xanthin | yellow madder | yellow ocher | zaffer | zinc orange | zinc oxide | zinc sulfide | zinc white

See Also | alizarin | alizarine | animal pigment | bacteriochlorophyll | bister | bistre | bole | cadmium yellow | carotenoid | cerulean blue | chlorophyl | chlorophyll | chrome green | chrome yellow | cobalt blue | cobalt ultramarine | color | color | color in | coloring material | colorise | colorize | colour | colour | colour in | colouring material | colourise | colourize | cupric acetate | earth color | haem | haemitin | haemosiderin | hematin | heme | hemosiderin | Hooker's green | hue | Indian red | iron blue | ivory black | lake | lead carbonate | mosaic gold | orange | paint | Paris green | Payne's gray | photopigment | phycobilin | phycocyanin | phycoerythrin | porphyrin | protoheme | Prussian blue | retinal | retinene | sepia | stannic sulfide | titania | titanic oxide | titanium dioxide | titanium oxide | ultramarine | ultramarine blue | verdigris | watercolor | watercolour | white lead | zinc white

Pigment In Webster's Dictionary

\Pig"ment\, n. [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. (Physiol.) 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 W. Scott. {Pigment cell} (Physiol.), 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.

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