pigment
pig
ˈpÉĒg
pig
ment
mənt
mēnt
/pˈÉĒÉĄmənt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pigment"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϰāĻžā§āϜāĻ•, āϰāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ•

a dry substance that has to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint
pigment definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Red pigment was added to the mixture for a richer color.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āϧ āϰāϙ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāϪ⧇ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āĻŽā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϏ⧂āϰ⧀

colorless or weakly colored biochemical compounds closely related to pigments, including precursors, intermediates, or degradation products involved in pigment biosynthesis or breakdown
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lab detected pale, colorless intermediates in the pathway that normally yields the red beetroot pigments.
āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāϰ⧇āϟāϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻšā§€āύ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϏāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāϟāϰ⧁āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϰāĻžā§āϜāĻ• āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ•, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžā§āϜāĻ•

a chemical compound in plants, animals, or microbes that produces a characteristic color in cells or tissues
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bird 's bright plumage results from a combination of carotenoid pigments deposited in the feathers.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧋āϟāĻŋāύāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻĄ āϰāĻžā§āϜāĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĢāϞāĨ¤
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āϰāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to add color to something using a specific colored material or substance
Transitive: to pigment a surface or fabric
to pigment definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Artists often pigment their paintings with a variety of colors.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϰāϙ⧇ āϰāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϰāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϰāĻ‚ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to become colored with a particular hue or tint
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, the clay pigmented, turning the once stark white walls of the building into a warm, earthy tone.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻˇā§āĻŖ, āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āϰāϙ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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