Meaning & use

pigment

noun·Academic

A natural or synthetic substance that gives color to skin, plants, paint, or other materials.

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Melanin is the pigment that determines the color of human skin and hair.

Artists once ground minerals by hand to produce vivid pigments for their paintings.

A note on using this word

Pigment can also be used as a verb meaning to add color to something, though the noun sense is far more common.

Words with a similar meaning

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Another way to use it

2. verb

To color something by adding pigment to it.

The company pigments its plastics during manufacturing to achieve consistent colors.

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