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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Any compound, such as a [ | + | Any compound, such as a [[dye]] or [[pigment]], that gives color to another material. Colorants may occur naturally in a material (colors in flowers), may be added as part of a mixture (pigments in paint) or may be applied to the surface (dyes on a fiber). |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 11:08, 13 January 2014
Description
Any compound, such as a Dye or Pigment, that gives color to another material. Colorants may occur naturally in a material (colors in flowers), may be added as part of a mixture (pigments in paint) or may be applied to the surface (dyes on a fiber).
Synonyms and Related Terms
colorants (pl.); colourant (Br.); colorant (Fr.); colorante (Esp., It., Port.); coloring matter
Authority
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000