pigment
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | coat, coating, |
| definition | : | a thin layer covering something (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | antifouling paint, |
| definition | : | a paint used to protect against the accumulation of barnacles etc. on underwater surfaces (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | coat of paint, |
| definition | : | a layer of paint covering something else (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | distemper, |
| definition | : | paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | enamel, |
| definition | : | a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | encaustic, |
| definition | : | a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | house paint, housepaint, |
| definition | : | paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | oil paint, |
| definition | : | paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | semigloss, |
| definition | : | a paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | spray paint, |
| definition | : | paint applied with a spray gun (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | water-base paint, |
| definition | : | paint in which water is used as the vehicle (noun.artifact) |
| substance holonym | : | pigment, |
| definition | : | dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) (noun.substance) |
2. dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) (noun.substance)
| hyponym | : | chlorophyl, chlorophyll, |
| definition | : | any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bacteriochlorophyll, |
| definition | : | a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phycobilin, |
| definition | : | water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phycoerythrin, |
| definition | : | red pigment in red algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phycocyanin, |
| definition | : | blue pigment in algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | earth color, |
| definition | : | a colored mineral used as a pigment (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | carotenoid, |
| definition | : | any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | animal pigment, |
| definition | : | pigment occurring in animals (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | cerulean blue, |
| definition | : | light greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of oxides of cobalt and tin (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | chrome green, |
| definition | : | any of a class of green pigments consisting of chrome yellow and iron blue (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | hooker's green, |
| definition | : | green pigment consisting of Prussian blue mixed with gamboge (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | chrome yellow, |
| definition | : | any of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | bister, bistre, |
| definition | : | a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | flavonoid, |
| definition | : | any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | indian red, |
| definition | : | a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | ivory black, |
| definition | : | a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | payne's gray, payne's grey, |
| definition | : | any pigment that produces a greyish to dark greyish blue (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | alizarin, alizarine, |
| definition | : | an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | bole, |
| definition | : | a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment) (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | lake, |
| definition | : | any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | lake, |
| definition | : | a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | orange, |
| definition | : | any pigment producing the orange color (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | retinal, retinene, |
| definition | : | either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | paris green, |
| definition | : | a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | sepia, |
| definition | : | rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | porphyrin, |
| definition | : | any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | haem, haemitin, hematin, heme, protoheme, |
| definition | : | a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | haemosiderin, hemosiderin, |
| definition | : | a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | photopigment, |
| definition | : | a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | cadmium yellow, |
| definition | : | pigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orange (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | chinese white, zinc white, |
| definition | : | a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | paint, pigment, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.artifact) |
3. any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color (noun.substance)
4. color or dye with a pigment (verb.change)
5. acquire pigment; become colored or imbued (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | hue, |
| definition | : | take on color or become colored (verb.change) |
6. 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 (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | paint, |
| definition | : | apply paint to; coat with paint (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | paint, |
| definition | : | apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | paint, |
| definition | : | make a painting of (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | paint, |
| definition | : | make a painting (verb.creation) |
7. dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | pigment, |
| definition | : | color or dye with a pigment (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | pigment, |
| definition | : | acquire pigment; become colored or imbued (verb.change) |
8. color or dye with a pigment (verb.change)
| derivation | : | pigment, |
| definition | : | dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) (noun.substance) |
9. acquire pigment; become colored or imbued (verb.change)
| derivation | : | pigmentation, |
| definition | : | coloration of living tissues by pigment (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | pigmentation, |
| definition | : | the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | pigment, |
| definition | : | dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) (noun.substance) |
10. 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 (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | paint, |
| definition | : | apply paint to; coat with paint (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | paint, |
| definition | : | apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | paint, |
| definition | : | make a painting of (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | paint, |
| definition | : | make a painting (verb.creation) |
11. dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | pigment, |
| definition | : | color or dye with a pigment (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | pigment, |
| definition | : | acquire pigment; become colored or imbued (verb.change) |
12. color or dye with a pigment (verb.change)
| derivation | : | pigment, |
| definition | : | dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) (noun.substance) |
13. acquire pigment; become colored or imbued (verb.change)
| derivation | : | pigmentation, |
| definition | : | coloration of living tissues by pigment (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | pigmentation, |
| definition | : | the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | pigment, |
| definition | : | dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) (noun.substance) |
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