chlorophyl, chlorophyll - 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

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

titania, titanic oxide, titanium dioxide, titanium oxide - a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability

cobalt ultramarine, cobalt blue - 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

Prussian blue, iron blue - any of various blue pigments

Payne's gray - any pigment that produces a grayish to dark grayish blue

coloring material, colour, colouring material, color - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"

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

watercolour, watercolor - water-soluble pigment

retinal, retinene - 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

haem, haemitin, hematin, heme, protoheme - a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds

haemosiderin, hemosiderin - 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

cupric acetate, verdigris - a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment

lead carbonate, white lead - a poisonous lead-containing white pigment

zinc white - a white pigment used in hose paints; consists of zinc oxide

hue - take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey"

color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"