Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pigment

3 senses of pigment

Sense 1
pigment -- (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))
       => coloring material, colouring material, color, colour -- (any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim")

Sense 2
pigment -- (any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color)
       => coloring material, colouring material, color, colour -- (any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim")

Sense 3
paint, pigment -- (a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably")
       => coating, coat -- (a thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint")
       => coloring material, colouring material, color, colour -- (any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pigment

2 senses of pigment

Sense 1
pigment -- (acquire pigment; become colored or imbued)
       => hue -- (take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey")

Sense 2
pigment -- (color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph")
       => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in -- (add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film")