Colours vs Pigment - What's the difference?
colours | pigment |
English plurals
(plurale tantum, nautical) The national flag flown by a ship at sea.
(plurale tantum) The British military ceremony of raising the flag.
(sports, snooker) The balls that score more than one point in snooker. Yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black.
(colour)
(biology) Any color in plant or animal cells
A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
(obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
As nouns the difference between colours and pigment
is that colours is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals while pigment is any color in plant or animal cells.As verbs the difference between colours and pigment
is that colours is third-person singular of colour while pigment is to add color or pigment to something.colours
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Alternative forms
* colors (US)Noun
(head)Verb
(head)pigment
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(wikipedia pigment)Noun
(en noun)- Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.
- Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.
- (Sir Walter Scott)