PIGMENT

• (noun) 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 : paint

• (noun) dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)

  She mixed the pigment in water to get a dark red color. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color

  The pigment in the leaves gave them their characteristic color. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) color or dye with a pigment

  "pigment a photograph"

  He was responsible for pigmenting the photographs. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) acquire pigment; become colored or imbued

  The fabric was pigmented in different shades of red. -added by naila_inlas

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