English-Dutch translations for pigment

• pigment
  Tanzania telt 39 miljoen inwoners, van wie er 270 duizend een genetisch defect hebben, veroorzaakt door een recessief gen, waardoor hun huid geen pigment heeft. There are 39 million Tanzanians, 270 thousand of which suffer from a genetic defect caused by the presence of a recessive gene which means their skin lacks pigment.
• kleurstof
• kleuren
• pigmenteren

Definition of pigment

• Any color in plant or animal cells
• A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
• Wine flavoured with spices and honey
• To add color or pigment to something

Examples

• Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants green colouring.
• Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.

Related words

• pigmentation
• pigmentate
• hypopigmentation
• hyperpigmentation
• depigmentation
• depigment
• depigmentating
• bile pigment
• opaque pigment