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bister
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bistre
(a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot)
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sister term
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(n)
pigment
(dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))
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chlorophyll
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chlorophyl
(any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms)
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(n)
bacteriochlorophyll
(a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants)
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(n)
phycobilin
(water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria)
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(n)
phycoerythrin
(red pigment in red algae)
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phycocyanin
(blue pigment in algae)
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(n)
titanium dioxide
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titanium oxide
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titanic oxide
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titania
(a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability)
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(n)
cobalt blue
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cobalt ultramarine
(greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina)
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earth color
(a colored mineral used as a pigment)
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(n)
mosaic gold
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stannic sulfide
(a yellow pigment sometimes suspended in lacquer)
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(n)
carotenoid
(any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals)
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animal pigment
(pigment occurring in animals)
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cerulean blue
(light greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of oxides of cobalt and tin)
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chrome green
(any of a class of green pigments consisting of chrome yellow and iron blue)
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Hooker's green
(green pigment consisting of Prussian blue mixed with gamboge)
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chrome yellow
(any of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds)
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(n)
bister
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bistre
(a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot)
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(n)
flavonoid
(any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone)
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(n)
Indian red
(a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics)
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ivory black
(a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil)
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iron blue
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Prussian blue
(any of various blue pigments)
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(n)
Payne's grey
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Payne's gray
(any pigment that produces a greyish to dark greyish blue)
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(n)
alizarin
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alizarine
(an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing)
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(n)
bole
(a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment))
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(n)
lake
(any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments)
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(n)
lake
(a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal)
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(n)
orange
(any pigment producing the orange color)
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(n)
watercolor
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water-color
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watercolour
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water-colour
(water-soluble pigment)
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(n)
retinene
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retinal
(either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light)
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(n)
Paris green
(a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate)
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sepia
(rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes)
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(n)
porphyrin
(any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues)
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(n)
heme
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haem
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hematin
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haemitin
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protoheme
(a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds)
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(n)
hemosiderin
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haemosiderin
(a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism)
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(n)
ultramarine
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ultramarine blue
(blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli)
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(n)
photopigment
(a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina)
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(n)
cadmium yellow
(pigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orange)
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(n)
verdigris
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cupric acetate
(a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment)
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(n)
white lead
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ceruse
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lead carbonate
(a poisonous white pigment that contains lead)
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(n)
zinc white
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Chinese white
(a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide)