dyestuffs

plural of dyestuff
as in pigments
a substance used to color other materials indigo is a dyestuff originally from India

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Noun
  • With a staggering 70 shades (an upgrade from an already impressive 55 shades) and longer-wearing color pigments that don’t get distorted after a few hours, finding your shade match is a breeze.
    Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 25 June 2026
  • In addition to fiber, raspberries contain an array of antioxidants, including vitamin C and anthocyanins, which are plant pigments that give these berries their bright color.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The colors change to indicate how saturated the beads are, and the dyes used contain hazardous chemicals.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • The dyes have previously been allowed under FDA regulations and oversight.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • All colors are the same price right now and come with free shipping, but note the delivery dates because some will arrive quicker than others.
    Clint Davis, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • The 50th edition of the nation’s largest Independence Day celebration will feature 85,000 fireworks shells in 30 colors launched from six barges, plus a new laser show from the Brooklyn Bridge.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • There was a push to use American dyes and colorants to stave off a deep economic recession—there wasn’t really any other choice—but the cold commercial reality dumped water all over that flag-waving parade.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But that other supplier would have to try to reverse engineer that particular dye — formulas for dyes and colorants were, in spite of being in service to the war effort, still proprietary — and backward engineering color from a finished product is a crapshoot.
    Kory Stamper, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Dyestuffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dyestuffs. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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