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pigment

noun

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a substance used to color other materials I'm running out of the black pigment Synonyms color, colorant, coloring, dye, dyestuff, stain Related Words tint, toner; cast, hue, shade, tinge

pigment

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pigment

to give color or a different color to pigmented varnishes Synonyms bepaint [archaic], dye, paint, color, stain, tincture, tinge, tintRelated Words brighten, lighten; darken, embrown, tone (down); checker, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, speck, speckle, streak, striate, stripe, variegateNear Antonyms blanch, bleach, whitenAntonyms decolorize

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