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pigment

/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/noun, verb2 syllables

Pigment means: 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.

Synonyms for pigment1

noun, as in 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

paint

What does pigment mean?5

noun

1

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”

2

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

3

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

verb

1

acquire pigment; become colored or imbued

2

color or dye with a pigment“pigment a photograph”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Pigment in a sentence

  • Make up has often used carmine as a pigment to achieve bright red shades.chasingsheep
  • Yellow is a primary colour of pigments, but not of light; those are only red, green, and blue.cazort
  • Plant pigments such as the carotenoids and chlorophylls will react similarly when exposed to light of high intensity.Cangarejo

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of pigment

as a noun

plural
pigments

as a verb

past tense
pigmented
present participle
pigmenting
third-person singular
pigments
past participle
pigmented