as in pigment
a substance used to color other materials in ancient times, a mollusk was used to produce a rich purple colorant for clothing and linens

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Recent Examples of colorant What makes these products incredibly healthy are the food additives, preservatives, and colorants added during multiple stages of processing. Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 Oeko-Tex Standard 100: Another third-party verification that ensures textiles are free of over 1,000 substances such as pesticides and colorants after being submitted to rigorous lab testing. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025 Kennedy has used Kellogg’s Froot Loops as his primary example when railing against artificial colorants. Amelia Lucas,annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025 And if a person later has an MRI, swelling and burning of the eye can occur if the machine’s powerful magnetic field interacts with trace colorant metals in the new pigment. Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for colorant
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Noun
  • Some plants that go all gold in fall simply don’t have the biochemical apparatus to produce the orange, red and purple pigments that predominate in calendar and screen saver photos of New England’s autumn landscape.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Miracle Balm contains light-reflecting pigments that give the skin a fresh, healthy glow.
    Caitlyn Martyn may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • American food giants like Walmart’s Great Value brand, General Mills, Kraft Heinz and more are pledging to remove additives like synthetic dyes, certain preservatives and artificial sweeteners from their foods.
    Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Daosheng Synbiology replaces chemical dyes with synthetic ones to reduce water pollution.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The new species was identified by its DNA, body size, skin texture, coloring, finger and toe shape, skeletal structure, teeth, and other subtle physical features, researchers said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Jesus, in profile in the frame, had shoulder-length waves like late-stage Michael Jackson but a coloring that was more African than His Mediterranean birth would imply, though not as dark as Jean, and much less so than Wole, an actual African.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • The Policy Forum’s analysis found that educators in Wisconsin’s small districts were more likely to exit their jobs, as well as those working in urban districts and districts with mostly low-income students or students of color.
    Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • For example, the interior walls can be customized with wallpaper, while the exterior color can be customized (for an additional cost).
    Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Colorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorant. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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