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
  • Since blue pigments were very expensive during the Renaissance, the color was reserved for important figures, particularly paintings of Mary.
    Bridget Retzloff, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
  • And a third suggests that physical effects on retinal pigments enable birds to detect photons and send signals to the brain, although this mechanism is really only viable in the light.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • The survey also found majority support in all parties for government interventions including testing additives for safety before they can be included in food products, banning artificial dyes, requiring warning labels, and ordering companies to reduce the amount of sugar and salt in their foods.
    Sarah Todd, STAT, 3 June 2026
  • Film does too, through chemistry, exposure, dyes and paper.
    Douglas Goodwin, The Conversation, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Trade drab colors with 44 percent off floral prints, and bulky hoodies for something a little more lightweight to beat those nightly chills and airplane cabin temperatures—this one by Faherty is 25 percent off for a limited time.
    Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026
  • The spectral figures, marked by their sarong colors, imagined Zodiacs, doshas and more, operate haunto-structurally.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 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 9 Jun. 2026.

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