coloring pigment

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• coloring — (Amer.) col·or·ing || kÊŒlÉ™rɪŋ n. act of coloring; pigment; pigmentation, coloration (also colouring) color (Amer.) n. shade, tint, hue (also colour) v. add color, tint; distort, falsify (also colour) adj. using or having color (also colour) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Pigment — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pigment cell — Pigment 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pigment — vi. pigmentized, pigmentizing [pig′mənt] n. [ME < L pigmentum < base of pingere, to PAINT] 1. coloring matter, usually in the form of an insoluble powder, mixed with oil, water, etc. to make paints 2. any coloring matter in the cells and… …   English World dictionary

• pigment — [n] color, shade colorant, coloring, coloring matter, dye, dyestuff, oil, paint, stain, tincture, tint; concepts 259,622 Ant. colorlessness …   New thesaurus

• pigment cell — n a cell containing a deposition of coloring matter * * * any cell containing pigment granules …   Medical dictionary

• pigment — (n.) late 14c., from L. pigmentum coloring matter, pigment, paint, from root of pingere to color, paint (see PAINT (Cf. paint)). Variants of this word may have been known in Old English (e.g. 12c. pyhmentum) …   Etymology dictionary

• coloring — [kul′ər iŋ] n. 1. the act or art of applying colors 2. anything applied to impart color; pigment, dye, stain, etc. 3. a) the way a thing is naturally colored; coloration b) the effect created by a particular use of color 4. the color of the skin …   English World dictionary

• coloring matter — coloring matter, a substance used to color; pigment …   Useful english dictionary

• Pigment — For the drug referred to as pigment, see black tar heroin. Natural ultramarine pigment in powdered form …   Wikipedia

• Pigment — A substance that gives color to tissue. Pigments are responsible for the color of skin, eyes, and hair. * * * 1. Any coloring matter, as that of the red blood cells, hair, iris, etc., or the stains used in histologic or bacteriologic work, or… …   Medical dictionary