pigment

noun

A substance used as coloring.

noun

Dry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder, to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products.

noun

A substance, such as chlorophyll or melanin, that produces a characteristic color in plant or animal tissue.

transitive verb

To color with pigment.

noun

Any substance that is or can be used by painters to impart color to bodies; technically, a dry substance, usually in the form of a powder or in lumps so lightly held together as to be easily pulverized, which after it has been mixed with a liquid medium can be applied by painters to surfaces to be colored.

noun

In biology, organic coloring matter; any organized substance whose presence in the tissues of animals and plants colors them.

noun

Highly spiced wine sweetened with honey; piment.

noun

Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.

noun

Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.

noun

Wine flavored with species and honey.