Description
An insoluble, dry solid that is pulverized to a fine powder then mixed with a binder to form a paint, ink or crayon.
Examples of inorganic pigments:
- earth colors (ocher, sienna, umber, green earth);
- metallic oxide (ferric oxide, titanium dioxide, zinc white; viridian);
- metallic carbonates (lead white, calcite, malachite);
- metallic chromates (lead chromate; barium chromate;
- carbon black (bone black, lampblack, graphite)
Examples of some organic pigments are:
- animal (melanin, cochineal, Indian yellow)
- vegetable (madder, indigo, gamboge)
- synthetic (verdigris, phthalocyanine, lakes, para red)
Synonyms and Related Terms
pigments (pl., Fr.); pigmento (Esp., Port.);
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Last updated on: 3/14/2010 6:44:13 PM
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