pigment

As nouns the difference between pigment and betaxanthin

is that pigment is pigment while betaxanthin is any of the betalain pigments which appear yellow to orange.

As nouns the difference between pigment and phycocyanin

is that pigment is pigment while phycocyanin is (biochemistry) a pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin, an accessory pigment to chlorophyll.

As nouns the difference between pigment and staphyloxanthin

is that pigment is pigment while staphyloxanthin is a carotenoid pigment produced by some strains of staphylococcus aureus , which acts as a virulence factor.

As nouns the difference between pigment and brazilin

is that pigment is pigment while brazilin is a red pigment obtained from brazilwood.

As nouns the difference between pigment and zoomelanin

is that pigment is pigment while zoomelanin is (physiological chemistry) a pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.

As nouns the difference between pigment and xylindein

is that pigment is pigment while xylindein is a quinone pigment, a dimeric naphthoquinone derivative, responsible for the characteristic bluish-green stain of wood infected by the chlorociboria aeruginascens mushroom.

As nouns the difference between pigment and lentigo

is that pigment is any color in plant or animal cells while lentigo is a brown pigmented spot on the skin.

As a verb pigment

is to add color or pigment to something.

As nouns the difference between pigment and pheomelanin

is that pigment is pigment while pheomelanin is a brown pigment produced by melanocytes.

As nouns the difference between pigment and eumelanin

is that pigment is pigment while eumelanin is a dark brown pigment related to melanin.

As nouns the difference between pigment and protochlorophyllide

is that pigment is pigment while protochlorophyllide is (biochemistry) any of several fluorescent pigments that is converted to chlorophyll by photoconversion.