pigment
/ˈpɪɡmənt/
verb
- To give color to something, especially by adding a pigment.
- The tattoo artist pigments the skin with special inks.
- The manufacturer pigments the plastic to make it bright red.
- They pigment their own paints using natural powders.
noun
- A natural substance that gives color to living things, such as skin, hair, plants, or paint.
- Chlorophyll is the green pigment in leaves that helps plants make food.
- The artist mixed red and yellow pigment to make orange paint.
- Melanin is the pigment that gives skin its color.
- A dry powder that is mixed with a liquid to make paint, ink, or dye.
- The pigment in this ink is made from carbon black.
- She bought a tube of blue pigment for her watercolor painting.
- Ancient people used crushed minerals as pigment for cave drawings.
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