pigment

dry coloring matter (especially an insoluble powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc)

• chlorophyll, chlorophyl — any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms
• bacteriochlorophyll — a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants
• phycobilin — water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria
• phycoerythrin — red pigment in red algae
• phycocyanin — blue pigment in algae
• titanium dioxide, titanium oxide, titanic oxide, titania — a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability
• cobalt blue, cobalt ultramarine — greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina
• earth color — a colored mineral used as a pigment
• mosaic gold, stannic sulfide — a yellow pigment sometimes suspended in lacquer
• carotenoid — any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals
• animal pigment — pigment occurring in animals
• cerulean blue — light greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of oxides of cobalt and tin
• chrome green — any of a class of green pigments consisting of chrome yellow and iron blue
• Hooker's green — green pigment consisting of Prussian blue mixed with gamboge
• chrome yellow — any of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds
• bister, bistre — a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot
• Indian red — a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics
• ivory black — a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil
• iron blue, Prussian blue — any of various blue pigments
• Payne's gray — any pigment that produces a grayish to dark grayish blue
• alizarin, alizarine — an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing
• bole — a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
• lake — any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments
• lake — a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
• orange — any pigment producing the orange color
• watercolor, watercolour — water-soluble pigment
• retinene, retinal — either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from Rhodopsin by the action of light
• Paris green — a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate
• sepia — rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes
• porphyrin — any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues
• heme, haem, hematin, haemitin, protoheme — a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
• hemosiderin, haemosiderin — a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism
• ultramarine, ultramarine blue — blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli
• photopigment — a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina
• cadmium yellow — pigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orange
• verdigris, cupric acetate — a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment
• white lead, lead carbonate — a poisonous lead-containing white pigment
• zinc white — a white pigment used in hose paints; consists of zinc oxide

• coloring material, colouring material, color, colour — any material used for its color

• paint — 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