1. Dry colouring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) 
2. Any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic colour 
3. 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"
   - paint

1. Acquire pigment; become coloured or imbued 
2. Colour or dye with a pigment
   "pigment a photograph"

Derived forms: pigmenting, pigments, pigmented

See also: pigmentation

Type of: coat, coating, color [US], color in [US], coloring material [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colouring material [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], hue

Encyclopedia: Pigment Pigment, biology

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