pigment Definition
pig·ment (pig′mənt)
noun
- coloring matter, usually in the form of an insoluble powder, mixed with oil, water, etc. to make paints
- any coloring matter in the cells and tissues of plants or animals
Etymology: ME < L pigmentum < base of pingere, to paint
intransitive verb, transitive verb
to take on or cause to take on pigment; color or become colored
pigment Related Forms
pig′·men·tar′y (-mən ter′ē) adjective
pigment Synonyms
pigment Usage Examples
Converse of object
- absorb: The absorbing pigments are added to organic filters in the bulk product.
- mix: The pastels are made from the purest pigments mixed with the finest quality kaolin.
Adjective modifier
- photosynthetic: All of the photosynthetic pigments are designed to absorb visible light across a range of wavelengths suitable for any number of environments.
- macular: Color matching in diabetes: optical density of the crystalline lens and macular pigments.
- ochre: Truth rather than fancy was that much of his much, much older skeleton was stained by blood tinted ochre pigment.
- retinal: Early ARM is when only drusen and retinal pigment epithelial changes are present.
- non-toxic: These inks have been formulated using natural and non-toxic pigments.
- inorganic: A database of Raman spectra of inorganic pigments is maintained here.
Modifies a noun
- epithelium: Extensive or ' geographic ' atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium, however, can result in marked visual acuity loss.
- melanin: The Pied genes act by eliminating the pigment melanin from the Pied patches.
- chlorophyll: Within these tissues, there are small particles called chloroplasts which contain pigments, including the green pigment chlorophyll.
- ink: Blue Wool Scale in excess of 6 achieved using pigment inks.
- granule: Human RPE pigment granules were isolated from RPE cells pooled into groups according to the age of the donors.
- dispersion: Transparency Artists ' Water Colors exhibit unrivaled transparency due to the unique pigment dispersion in the manufacture of the color.
Noun used with modifier
- carotenoid: The results revealed that as infection levels increase, the deposition of carotenoid pigments in male bills decreases.
- melanin: People with naturally brown and black skin have more melanin pigment in their skin cells.
- bile: There is either an excess release or incomplete removal of the bile pigment derived from hemoglobin in red blood cells.
- phytoplankton: We also made routine measurements of phytoplankton pigments ( eg. chlorophyll-a as a measure of biomass ) and we enumerated the principal phytoplankton species.
- harvesting: Of the photosynthetic bacteria, three schemes are used for light harvesting pigments.
- oxide: Iron oxide pigments are used in greater extent in cosmetic tattooing.
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