Pigment Meaning
/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny color in plant or animal cells.
nounA dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.
Sentence Examples
Adrenochrome is a pigment.
This pigment is the best.
Make up has often used carmine as a pigment to achieve bright red shades.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist mixed red ____ with oil to create paint for the sunset.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The artist mixed the red and yellow ____ together to create a warm orange for the sunset.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English pigment, from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“to paint”) + -mentum; variants of this word may have been known in Old English (e.g. 12th century pyhmentum). Doublet of pimiento, pimento, and piment.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Oswald, broach the oldest wine-cask; place the best mead, the richest morat, the most sparkling cyder, the most odoriferous pigment, upon the board; […]"
— 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter III, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 61:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist mixed red ____ with oil to create paint for the sunset.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The artist mixed the red and yellow ____ together to create a warm orange for the sunset.