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Pigment Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Pigment has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"The artist carefully added a pinch of bright red pigment to the water before stirring it into her brush."

2

any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color

"The deep crimson hue of the hibiscus petals is caused by an anthocyanin pigment present in their tissue."

3

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"

4

Any color in plant or animal cells

"The deep red hue of autumn leaves comes from a pigment stored within their plant cells."

Verb
1

acquire pigment; become colored or imbued

"After weeks of sitting by the window, her skin began to acquire a warm golden pigment from the sunlight."

2

color or dye with a pigment

"pigment a photograph"

3

To add color or pigment to something.

"The artist carefully mixed a drop of red into her white paint to deepen the hue before applying it to the canvas."

Related Terms
paint color norbadione vermilion drosopterin lampblack zaffre lichnoxanthine chromium sesquioxide neurosporene eye color ranachrome euxanthin cryptoxanthin bilin bistre pomiferin eumelanin ultramarine ash tetronerythrin
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
coloring material coating hue color
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
chlorophyll bacteriochlorophyll phycobilin phycoerythrin phycocyanin titanium dioxide cobalt blue earth color mosaic gold carotenoid animal pigment cerulean blue chrome green Hooker's green chrome yellow bister flavonoid Indian red ivory black iron blue Payne's grey alizarin bole lake orange watercolor retinene Paris green sepia porphyrin heme hemosiderin ultramarine photopigment cadmium yellow verdigris white lead zinc white acrylic antifouling paint coat of paint distemper enamel encaustic finger paint house paint oil paint semigloss spray paint water-base paint

Origin

The word pigment comes from the Latin pigmentum, which originally meant a coloring substance used to paint. It is derived from the Latin verb pingō, meaning "to paint."

Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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