1. Dry colouring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
   "The artist carefully mixed the pigment with linseed oil to create the perfect shade"
    
2. Any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic colour
   "Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for the green colour of leaves"
    
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
   "The artist mixed various pigments to create a unique shade";
   - paint

1. Colour or dye with a pigment
   "pigment a photograph"
    
2. Acquire pigment; become coloured or imbued
   "The leaves pigmented as autumn approached"

Derived forms: pigments, pigmenting, pigmented

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, biology