colouring matter
/ˈkʌl(ə)rɪŋ ˌmatə/(US coloring matter)
noun
A substance to which the colour of a natural substance or object is due, or which is used to impart colour in a manufacturing or artistic procedure; a pigment, a dye.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in William Salmon (1644–1713), medical empiric and author. Partly (probably originally) from colouring + matter, and partly from colouring + matter; compare discussion at -ing.
- principal quantum number
- principal ray
- principal section
- principalship
- principal stress
- principal value
- principate
- principe
- principessa
- principial
- principiant
- principiate
- principiation
- principiative
- principium
- principium individuationis
- principle
- principled
- principledness
- principle of duality
- principle (or law) of parsimony
- pring
- pringle
- pringling
- prink