What is the meaning of pigment?

noun

  • Dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.. )
  • Any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color.
  • 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.
    • usage: "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"

verb

  • Acquire pigment; become colored or imbued.
  • Color or dye with a pigment.
    • usage: "pigment a photograph"
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