Pigment
noun
A natural or synthetic substance that gives color to other materials, like paint, ink, or the human body.
The leaves change color in the fall due to the loss of green pigment.
Often appears as...
- green pigment
- pigment loss
noun
The natural coloring of animals and plants.
The bird's feathers get their vibrant colors from pigments.
Often appears as...
- bird pigment
- skin pigment
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Biological
noun
In biology, a molecule that absorbs certain wavelengths of visible light and gives color to tissue.
Melanin is the pigment that gives human skin, hair, and eyes their color.
Often appears as...
- melanin pigment
- eye pigment
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Technical
noun
In art, a dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder which when mixed with oil, water or another fluid, becomes paint, ink, etc.
She mixed various pigments to create the perfect shade of blue for her painting.
Often appears as...
- blue pigment
- red pigment
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Artistic
noun
A natural or synthetic substance that gives color to other materials, like paint, ink, or the human body.
The leaves change color in the fall due to the loss of green pigment.
Often appears as...
- green pigment
- pigment loss
noun
The natural coloring of animals and plants.
The bird's feathers get their vibrant colors from pigments.
Often appears as...
- bird pigment
- skin pigment
Usage tips
Biological
noun
In biology, a molecule that absorbs certain wavelengths of visible light and gives color to tissue.
Melanin is the pigment that gives human skin, hair, and eyes their color.
Often appears as...
- melanin pigment
- eye pigment
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In art, a dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder which when mixed with oil, water or another fluid, becomes paint, ink, etc.
She mixed various pigments to create the perfect shade of blue for her painting.
Often appears as...
- blue pigment
- red pigment
Usage tips
Artistic
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Pro Tip 1/2Color Modification
Pigments can be mixed to create new colors, just like blending paint colors.
Adding red pigment to white paint creates a pink shade.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Sources
Some pigments are extracted from natural sources like plants or minerals.
The ink was made from a pigment found in berries.
Pro Tip 1/2Color Modification
Pigments can be mixed to create new colors, just like blending paint colors.
Adding red pigment to white paint creates a pink shade.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Sources
Some pigments are extracted from natural sources like plants or minerals.
The ink was made from a pigment found in berries.
Pro Tip 1/2Color Modification
Pigments can be mixed to create new colors, just like blending paint colors.
Adding red pigment to white paint creates a pink shade.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Sources
Some pigments are extracted from natural sources like plants or minerals.
The ink was made from a pigment found in berries.
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Could we survive...
Human skin produces a pigment called melanin that protects us from the filtered radiation on Earth. Melanin exists in many forms across species, and some melanin-expressing fungi use the pigment to convert radiation into chemical energy. Instead of trying to shield the human body,
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What makes tattoos...
So, how come the tattoo doesn't gradually flake off along with them? The simple answer is that tattooing involves getting pigment deeper into the skin than the outermost layer that gets shed. Throughout history, different cultures have used various methods to accomplish this.
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This Platypus Can Glow...
reflect doesn't actually exist which is just incredible so your swallows aren't blue your kingfishers aren't blue your macalls aren't blue in fact blue another thing about blue you know the blue pigments they do occur in the natural world but a lot of them curiously are toxic
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
competition their huge long tongues are pigmented a colored dark gluey color which protects them from the Sun and this enables them to eat high in the treetops all day long not only are they able to withstand the scorching Sun whilst they eat but their skin is truly
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An Accidental Case of...
from a strange place but it's not nearly as bizarre as some of the other pigments people use to color the world around us i'm amy briggs executive editor of national geographic history magazine and you're listening to overheard a show where we eavesdrop on the wild
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How CRISPR lets us edit...
Imagine that these white mice differ from their pigmented litter-mates by just a tiny change at one gene in the entire genome, and they're otherwise completely normal. And when we sequence the DNA from these animals, we find that the change in the DNA
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The twisting tale of DNA...
like genes for eye color, protein pigments, for skin color, for hair color, for stopping and starting bone growth, for your blood type, for how many fingers or arms and legs you have, for proteins that influence how long you live.
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Budgie Courtship Ritual...
admirer has ways to get himself noticed she sees more subtleties of color than we can and she detects ultraviolet to a color invisible to us under UV his plumage takes on a very different look the yellow pigments in his crown and
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Understanding the colors...
divert bones of animals and others are colored dirt from different parts of the world those diverse pigments have one thing in common their color is a result of what they're made of and the relationship with light is simple they
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
or a division of text, scribes would switch from standard black to the red pigment, minium. Another important visual device used to increase the prominence of certain portions of text was to set them off
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Could we survive...
Human skin produces a pigment called melanin that protects us from the filtered radiation on Earth. Melanin exists in many forms across species, and some melanin-expressing fungi use the pigment to convert radiation into chemical energy. Instead of trying to shield the human body,
Video examples
What makes tattoos...
So, how come the tattoo doesn't gradually flake off along with them? The simple answer is that tattooing involves getting pigment deeper into the skin than the outermost layer that gets shed. Throughout history, different cultures have used various methods to accomplish this.
Video examples
This Platypus Can Glow...
reflect doesn't actually exist which is just incredible so your swallows aren't blue your kingfishers aren't blue your macalls aren't blue in fact blue another thing about blue you know the blue pigments they do occur in the natural world but a lot of them curiously are toxic
Video examples
Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
competition their huge long tongues are pigmented a colored dark gluey color which protects them from the Sun and this enables them to eat high in the treetops all day long not only are they able to withstand the scorching Sun whilst they eat but their skin is truly
Video examples
An Accidental Case of...
from a strange place but it's not nearly as bizarre as some of the other pigments people use to color the world around us i'm amy briggs executive editor of national geographic history magazine and you're listening to overheard a show where we eavesdrop on the wild
Video examples
How CRISPR lets us edit...
Imagine that these white mice differ from their pigmented litter-mates by just a tiny change at one gene in the entire genome, and they're otherwise completely normal. And when we sequence the DNA from these animals, we find that the change in the DNA
Video examples
The twisting tale of DNA...
like genes for eye color, protein pigments, for skin color, for hair color, for stopping and starting bone growth, for your blood type, for how many fingers or arms and legs you have, for proteins that influence how long you live.
Video examples
Budgie Courtship Ritual...
admirer has ways to get himself noticed she sees more subtleties of color than we can and she detects ultraviolet to a color invisible to us under UV his plumage takes on a very different look the yellow pigments in his crown and
Video examples
Understanding the colors...
divert bones of animals and others are colored dirt from different parts of the world those diverse pigments have one thing in common their color is a result of what they're made of and the relationship with light is simple they
Video examples
Mysteries of vernacular:...
or a division of text, scribes would switch from standard black to the red pigment, minium. Another important visual device used to increase the prominence of certain portions of text was to set them off
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Bryan Batt
American Actor
My mantra is, 'Don't be afraid of color.' What did it do to you? Do a color testing in alternate kinds of light you desire in the room because the pigment will change. And I refuse to believe that pale pale or white colors in a small room will buy you more square footage. Go with color all the way.
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Lil' Kim
American Musician
Honestly, I can't survive without my MAC gloss, pigment - sometimes MAC powder. But definitely my gloss and pigment and liner. I don't do mascara all the time. I do when I wear no lashes. I use the mascara, but when I wear lashes, I don't always do mascara, because it makes it real heavy sometimes.
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Billy Eckstine
American Musician
I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.
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Lou Doillon
French Actress
I always have lipstick, and use the same lipstick for my cheeks as blush, so that it looks very natural. It's a good trick I learned from my mother. I like NYX or MAC because they have a lot of pigment and they're matte.
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Pat McGrath
My mother was my first and most important influence. When I was a little girl, she would take me shopping for pigments that flattered dark skin tones, mixing and playing until she'd created her ideal shade.
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Susan Vreeland
American Author
The idea of being close to where pigments were mined - that's the first thing in making a painting, getting the material. And what's the last thing you do in making a painting? You put a frame around it.
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Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
French Scientist
I had the opportunity of making necropsies on patients dead from malignant fever and of studying the melanaemia, i.e., the formation of black pigment in the blood of patients affected by malaria.
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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
As well as tasting fantastic, blackberries are good for you. Anthocyanin isn't just a pigment, it's a flavonoid, a heroic antioxidant! The stuff of superfoods!
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Boy George
English Musician
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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Antonio Perez
Spanish Statesman
We have more patents on pigmented inks than anybody else.
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Bryan Batt
American Actor
My mantra is, 'Don't be afraid of color.' What did it do to you? Do a color testing in alternate kinds of light you desire in the room because the pigment will change. And I refuse to believe that pale pale or white colors in a small room will buy you more square footage. Go with color all the way.
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Lil' Kim
American Musician
Honestly, I can't survive without my MAC gloss, pigment - sometimes MAC powder. But definitely my gloss and pigment and liner. I don't do mascara all the time. I do when I wear no lashes. I use the mascara, but when I wear lashes, I don't always do mascara, because it makes it real heavy sometimes.
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Billy Eckstine
American Musician
I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.
Quote examples
Lou Doillon
French Actress
I always have lipstick, and use the same lipstick for my cheeks as blush, so that it looks very natural. It's a good trick I learned from my mother. I like NYX or MAC because they have a lot of pigment and they're matte.
Quote examples
Pat McGrath
My mother was my first and most important influence. When I was a little girl, she would take me shopping for pigments that flattered dark skin tones, mixing and playing until she'd created her ideal shade.
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Susan Vreeland
American Author
The idea of being close to where pigments were mined - that's the first thing in making a painting, getting the material. And what's the last thing you do in making a painting? You put a frame around it.
Quote examples
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
French Scientist
I had the opportunity of making necropsies on patients dead from malignant fever and of studying the melanaemia, i.e., the formation of black pigment in the blood of patients affected by malaria.
Quote examples
Alice Roberts
English Scientist
As well as tasting fantastic, blackberries are good for you. Anthocyanin isn't just a pigment, it's a flavonoid, a heroic antioxidant! The stuff of superfoods!
Quote examples
Boy George
English Musician
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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Antonio Perez
Spanish Statesman
We have more patents on pigmented inks than anybody else.
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