Pigment

//ˈpɪɡ.mənt//

Synonyms for "pigment" (565 found)

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Closest matches (113)

coloring paint absinthe acid yellow acier acorn adrianople red air brush alabaster alesan alice blue alizarin brown amber amethyst amidonaphthol red aniline black aniline blue annatto anthracene brown anthragallol

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antique brown antique gold apple green apply paint apricot aqua green aquamarine arabian red argos brown arsenic yellow art paper ash ash gray aureolin autumn leaf avocado green azo blue azo-orange azulene azure azurite blue baby blue barium sulfate bat bedaub bedizen begild benzoazurine beryl beryl green besmear bice biscuit bister blanc fixe bleu celeste blond blue black blue turquoise bone black bone brown bordeaux bottle green bracken bright rose brunswick black brunswick blue brush brush on paint buff bunny brown burgundy burnt almond burnt carmine burnt ocher burnt roman ocher burnt rose burnt sienna butter cadet blue cadmium orange cadmium yellow cafe noir calamine blue calcimine camera lucida camera obscura canary canvas capri blue carbon black cardinal carmine carnation carnelian carotene cassel yellow celadon cerulean chalk chamois champagne charcoal chartreuse chartreuse green chartreuse tint chartreuse yellow chestnut chinese blue chinese white chrome chrome black chrome lemon

Strong matches (170)

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cobalt green cochineal coconut cologne brown color color filter color gelatin colorant columbian red complexion congo rubine copenhagen blue copper copper red coptic corbeau cordovan cornflower cover cramoisie crash crayon cream cresol red crimson crocus crystal gray cucumber green cyan cyanine blue cypress green dab dahlia damask damson dandelion daub dead leaf dead-color deep-dye delft blue dip distemper doeskin double-dye dove gray drab drawing paper drawing pencil dresden blue drier drop black duck green dun dutch orange dye dyestuff easel eggshell egyptian green emblazon emerald emeraude enamel engild english red exterior paint face faded rose fast-dye fiesta fir fire red fixative flat coat flat wash flax flesh flesh color flesh red floor enamel foliage brown fox french blue french gray fresco fuchsia fuchsine gamboge garter blue gild glauconite glaucous glaucous blue glaucous gray glaucous green glaze gloss gobelin blue golden pheasant goya grain grape grass green green ocher grege ground guinea green gun metal hazel helianthin heliotrope henna holly green honey honey yellow hue hyacinth hyacinth red illuminate imbue imperial purple incarnadine india pink indian red indigo indigo white infrared ingrain interior paint irish green iron gray iron red isamine blue ivory ivory black jade janus green japan jockey jonquil jouvence blue kelly green kendal green kildare green lacquer lake lampblack lapis lazuli blue lavender

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madder yellow magenta maize majolica earth malachite green mallow mallow pink mandarin maple sugar marigold marine blue maroon mars orange mars violet massicot maulstick mauve meadow brook medium melon metanil yellow methyl green methyl orange methyl yellow methylene azure methylene blue mexican red mignonette milori green mitis green moleskin monsignor montpellier green moonlight moss green mouse gray mulberry mummy murrey myrtle naphthol yellow navy navy blue negro neutral tint new blue nile green ocher brown ocher orange ocher red oil yellow old blue old gold old ivory old red olive olive brown olivesheen opal gray opaque color orange chrome yellow orange lead orange madder orange mineral orange ocher orchid orchid rose oriole orpiment orpiment red otter brown oxblood oxide brown paintbrush palette palette knife palladium red pansy pansy violet parget paris green paris yellow parrot green partridge pastel patina green pea green peach peachblossom pink peacock blue pearl pearl gray pebble pelican pencil pepper-and-salt persian blue persian red philamot phosphine pigments platinum plum plumbago gray pompadour green pompeian blue ponceau pontiff purple poppy powder blue powder gray prime prime coat primer priming primrose primuline yellow prussian blue prussian red puce pumpkin purple lake purree pyrethrum yellow quaker green quince yellow raisin raw sienna raw umber realgar realgar orange red lead red ocher red pink regal purple reseda resorcin dark brown roan roccellin roman umber rose rose pink royal pink royal purple rubine ruby ruddle russet saffron saint benoit salmon sand sap green saxe blue saxony green scarlet madder schweinfurt green scratchboard sea blue sea-water green seal serpentine green shade shadow shamrock shell pink shellac shocking pink siccative silver sketchbook sketchpad sky blue slop on paint smalt smear smoke blue smoke gray snapdragon solferino spanish green spanish ocher spatula spray gun stain stammel steel blue steel gray stil-de-grain yellow stipple straw strawberry stump sulfur sunflower yellow suntan tanagra tangerine tartrazine taupe tawny tea rose tempera tenne terra cotta terra sienna terra umbra terre-verte thinner tinct tinction tincture tinge tint titian toast toluidine red tone topaz transparent color trypan blue turkey red turkey umber turpentine turps turquoise tyrian purple ultramarine umber undercoat undercoating vandyke red varnish vehicle verd gay verdant green verdet verdigris vermilionette vienna green violet viridian viridine green wash wash coat wedgwood blue wedgwood green white lead whitewash wine wine purple woad xanthene xanthin yellow madder yellow ocher zaffer zinc orange zinc oxide zinc sulfide zinc white

Noun(1 words)

paint

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

15 entries

coat coating color color in coloring material colorise colorize colour colour in colouring material colourise colourize hue

Synonyms

2 entries

coloring paint

derived

29 entries

accessory pigment azo pigment bile pigment biopigment copigment cytopigment depigment fugitive pigment interpigment lake pigment lipopigment nonpigment phaeopigment pheopigment photopigment phytopigment

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

piment pimento

has context

1 entries

biology

is a

3 entries

coloring material organic compound tangible thing

manner of

2 entries

color hue

related to

9 entries

animal cell color colorant honey pimiento plant spice wine

Translations

82 translations across 32 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

pigment noun (any color in plant or animal cells)

Armenian

3 entries

գունանյութ noun (dry colorant)
ներկանյութ noun (dry colorant)
պիգմենտ noun (any color in plant or animal cells)

Asturian

2 entries

pigmentu noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigmentar verb (add color or pigment)

Bulgarian

3 entries

багрило noun (dry colorant)
пигмент noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
оцветявам verb (add color or pigment)

Catalan

3 entries

pigment noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigment noun (dry colorant)
pigmentar verb (add color or pigment)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

色素 noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
著色劑 /着色剂 noun (dry colorant)
顏料 /颜料 noun (dry colorant)
給……上色 /给……上色 verb (add color or pigment)

Dutch

4 entries

kleurstof noun (dry colorant)
pigment noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigment noun (dry colorant)
kleuren verb (add color or pigment)

Finnish

4 entries

pigmentti noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigmentti noun (dry colorant)
väriaine noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
väriaine noun (dry colorant)

French

1 entries

pigment noun (any color in plant or animal cells)

Galician

3 entries

pigmento noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigmento noun (dry colorant)
pigmentar verb (add color or pigment)

Georgian

1 entries

პიგმენტი noun (any color in plant or animal cells)

German

3 entries

Farbstoff noun (dry colorant)
Pigment noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigmentieren verb (add color or pigment)

Greek

2 entries

βαφή noun (dry colorant)
χρωστική ουσία noun (any color in plant or animal cells)

Hebrew

3 entries

פִּיגְמֶנְט noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
צבען noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
צבען noun (dry colorant)

Hungarian

2 entries

pigment noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigmentál verb (add color or pigment)

Irish

2 entries

lí noun (dry colorant)
ábhar datha noun (dry colorant)

Japanese

3 entries

色素 noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
顔料 noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
顔料 noun (dry colorant)

Korean

1 entries

색소 noun (any color in plant or animal cells)

Latin

1 entries

pigmentum noun (dry colorant)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡳᠴᡝᡴᡠ noun (dry colorant)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

pigment noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigment noun (dry colorant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

pigment noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigment noun (dry colorant)

Persian

4 entries

رنگدانه noun (dry colorant)
رنگیزه noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
پیگمان noun (dry colorant)
پیگمنت noun (dry colorant)

Polish

3 entries

pigment noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigment noun (dry colorant)
pigmentować verb (add color or pigment)

Portuguese

3 entries

pigmento noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigmento noun (dry colorant)
pigmentar verb (add color or pigment)

Romanian

3 entries

pigment noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigment noun (dry colorant)
pigmenta verb (add color or pigment)

Russian

3 entries

краси́тель noun (dry colorant)
пигме́нт noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
пигме́нт noun (dry colorant)

Spanish

3 entries

pigmento noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigmento noun (dry colorant)
pigmentar verb (add color or pigment)

Swedish

2 entries

pigment noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
pigment noun (dry colorant)

Tagalog

1 entries

dinsol noun (any color in plant or animal cells)

Vietnamese

2 entries

chất màu noun (dry colorant)
sắc tố noun (any color in plant or animal cells)

Volapük

3 entries

köl noun (any color in plant or animal cells)
köl noun (dry colorant)
täin noun (any color in plant or animal cells)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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It is said that Lycopene, a pigment found in tomatoes, makes your skin beautiful and helps you lose weight.

Source: tatoeba (2673946)

Scientists have discovered that an ancient pigment, called Egyptian blue, can be used as dusting powder to detect fingerprints.

Source: tatoeba (6074196)

It's unusual, but there are critters that bleed different colors of the rainbow besides red. The New Guinea lizards' blood — along with their tongues, muscles and bones — appear green because of incredibly large doses of a green bile pigment.

Source: tatoeba (6992043)

Some hippie writers invented the idea of a drug called "adrenochrome" which does not actually exist, but is homonymous with a non-psychoactive pigment.

Source: tatoeba (9968233)

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