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
  • Leaves have to make a new pigment to turn red.
    Berly McCoy, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Carrots' pigments can help give you a healthy glow and protect against harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays.
    Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Think of this as the matured version of the Kool-Aid dip-dye technique.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Manufactured in Korea, the products don’t contain synthetic colors, chemicals, or harmful dyes.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But there was something about the coloring of Matthau.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The researcher added that Satureja had normal brown fur at birth, but her coloring changed in the years since.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • He was drawn to the kinds of exotic materials favored by the Japanese—among them, rare stones such as color-changing alexandrites and blue-green Paraíba tourmalines—as opposed to, say, emeralds, a staple of the Indian-jewelry repertoire.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2025
  • With a Black/Black/Light Graphite color combination, the style blacks out the entire nubuck leather upper with lighter graphite accents on the tongue and insole branding.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2025

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“Colorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorant. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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