pigment
nounA substance used as coloring.
nounDry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder, to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products.
nounA substance, such as chlorophyll or melanin, that produces a characteristic color in plant or animal tissue.
transitive verbTo color with pigment.
nounAny 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.
nounIn biology, organic coloring matter; any organized substance whose presence in the tissues of animals and plants colors them.
nounHighly spiced wine sweetened with honey; piment.
nounAny 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.
nounAny one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.
nounWine flavored with species and honey.