English > colouring material: 1 sense > noun 1, substance| Meaning | Any material used for its color. |
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| Synonyms | coloring material, color, colour |
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| Narrower | dye, dyestuff | A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair |
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| hematochrome | A reddish coloring material found in some algae |
| indicator | (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance |
| mordant | A substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing |
| paint, pigment | A substance used as a coating / coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid / liquid) |
| pigment | dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid / liquid to produce paint, etc.) |
| pigment | Any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color |
| stain | (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible |
| tincture | A substances that colors metals |
| Broader | material, stuff | The tangible / tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object |
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| Spanish | colorante, color, materia colorante, material colorante |
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| Catalan | colorant |
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