Synonyms for pigment
ˈpɪg məntpig·ment

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1. pigmentnoun

   dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)

   Synonyms:
   paint

2. pigmentnoun

   any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color

   Synonyms:
   paint

3. paint, pigmentverb

   a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

   "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"

   Synonyms:
   rouge, key, blusher, paint

4. pigmentverb

   acquire pigment; become colored or imbued

5. pigmentverb

   color or dye with a pigment

   "pigment a photograph"

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1. • Color
   • Coloring Material
   • Hue

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1. colouring material

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

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1. pigmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   paint, color, coloring matter

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1. List of paraphrases for "pigment":

   pigments, pigmentation

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1. Christian Yates:

   Traditionally people thought that cells didn't make it to the front of embryos to pigment the belly because they just weren't migrating fast enough, what we've been able to show through our studies is that actually, if anything, cells in piebald animals migrate faster but they're just not proliferating enough. They're not making enough daughter cells to colonize - or cover - the whole region of the skin that needs to be covered by the time the pigmentation pattern is set down.

2. Walter Benjamin:

   Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.

3. Crystal Aguh:

   You may be completely normal, completely healthy, but there could be something about the red pigment that your body just does not like, if you've never been exposed to it before there would be no way for you to know before getting the tattoo.

4. Baader Bank analyst Markus Mayer:

   The pigment business is still operating in a really depressed environment.

5. Michael Vecchione:

   This animal was particularly unusual because it lacked the pigment cells, called chromatophores, typical of most cephalopods, and it did not seem very muscular.