Noun
- 1. pigment, coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
- usage: dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
- 2. pigment, coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
- usage: any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color
- 3. paint, pigment, coating, coat, coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
- usage: 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"
Verb
- 1. pigment, hue
- usage: acquire pigment; become colored or imbued
- 2. pigment, color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
- usage: color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph"
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