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Pigment

Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.

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Narrower term 20

Acrylic 76% connected

Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid.

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Alizarin 76% connected

A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.

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Bister 76% connected

Alt. of Bistre

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Bistre 76% connected

A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.

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Bole 76% connected

The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

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Ceruse 76% connected

White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.

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Chlorophyll 76% connected

Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe thei…

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Distemper 76% connected

To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

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Enamel 76% connected

A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inla…

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Encaustic 76% connected

Prepared by means of heat; burned in.

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Haematin 76% connected

Same as Hematin.

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Hematin 76% connected

Hematoxylin.

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Lake 76% connected

A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder…

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Orange 76% connected

The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C. Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a lea…

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Phycocyanin 76% connected

Alt. of Phycocyanine

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Phycoerythrin 76% connected

Alt. of Phycoerythrine

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Retinal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the retina.

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Sepia 76% connected

The common European cuttlefish.

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Ultramarine 76% connected

Situated or being beyond the sea.

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Verdigris 76% connected

A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and consisting essentially of a complex mixt…

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Coat 76% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Coating 76% connected

of Coat

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Hue 76% connected

Color or shade of color; tint; dye.

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Pigmentation 74% connected

A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.

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Pigmentation 74% connected

A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.

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Containing substance 1

Paint 70% connected

To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

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Synonym 1

Paint 92% connected

To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

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