pigment
a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
a coloring matter or substance.
Biology. any substance whose presence in the tissues or cells of animals or plants colors them.
to color; add pigment to.
to become pigmented; acquire color; develop pigmentation: a poor quality of paper that doesn't pigment well.
Origin of pigment
1Other words from pigment
- hy·per·pig·ment·ed, adjective
- non·pig·ment·ed, adjective
- un·pig·ment·ed, adjective
Words Nearby pigment
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How to use pigment in a sentence
Wiemann has used the approach to identify pigments in dinosaur eggs.
Early dinosaurs may have laid soft-shelled eggs | Jack J. Lee | August 3, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThe pigments — chlorophylls, in green plants — absorb light and transfer the energy to a reaction center, where the production of chemical energy for the cell’s use is initiated.
Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis. | Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | July 30, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThe pigments needed to absorb light at similar wavelengths to reduce the internal noise.
Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis. | Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | July 30, 2020 | Quanta MagazineIt brings together oxygen and a pigment called luciferin to create light.
That light is caused by the pigment that gives the corals color.
Going bright may help corals recover from bleaching | Carolyn Wilke | June 25, 2020 | Science News For Students
Although the equipment is the same, a tattoo artist uses ink, and we use pigment.
The Daily Pic: Are the YBA's prints about the color of pigment, or the color of money?
Mariamu looks much younger than her years, and yet her white, pigment-free skin has become leathery from the sun.
Had the image been painted on the cloth by a forger, the paint traces of the pigment would have remained on the surface.
They generally occur together, but the pigment is not infrequently present alone.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe older forms are larger colorless bodies containing granules of brown pigment.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe figures, besides being outlined by the dots, were decorated all over with the same pigment in dotted transverse belts.
The walls were coated with fine stucco, white and firm—an evidence of antiquity—and ornamented with bands of a bright red pigment.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe face of the wall is then rubbed over with a soft brick of the same colour, or the work may be coloured with pigment.
British Dictionary definitions for pigment
/ (ˈpɪɡmənt) /
a substance occurring in plant or animal tissue and producing a characteristic colour, such as chlorophyll in green plants and haemoglobin in red blood
any substance used to impart colour
a powder that is mixed with a liquid to give a paint, ink, etc
Origin of pigment
1Derived forms of pigment
- pigmentary, adjective
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Scientific definitions for pigment
[ pĭg′mənt ]
An organic compound that gives a characteristic color to plant or animal tissues and is involved in vital processes. Chlorophyll, which gives a green color to plants, and hemoglobin, which gives blood its red color, are examples of pigments.
A substance or material used as coloring.
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