What does the word pigment mean?
pigment - a substance that gives color to something like paint or ink. Natives used charcoal as a pigment to make dyes. Also: a substance that occurs in Nature which gives color to, say, flowers or skin. Mellanin is a pigment in our bodies that gives our skin color. Albino people have no pigment in their skin and so their skin appears very white and pinkish from the color of the blood in the blood vessels. It's not rare at all to see this word used as a noun, but it can be used as a verb meaning to add a substance to give something color.
it means the color. like the pigment of your eyes could be green, blue, hazel. or the pigment of your skin. it's a fancy-pants word for color.
? PIGMENT (noun) The noun PIGMENT has 1 sense: 1. dry coloring matter (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc) Familiarity information: PIGMENT used as a noun is very rare. ? PIGMENT (verb) The verb PIGMENT has 2 senses: 1. acquire pigment; become colored or imbued 2. color or dye with a pigment Familiarity information: PIGMENT used as a verb is rare.
