colouring material

Other forms: colouring materials

Definitions of colouring material

1. noun

   any material used for its color
   synonyms: color, coloring material, colour

   types:

   paint, pigment

   a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

   indicator

   (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction

   mordant

   a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process

   dye, dyestuff

   a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

   tincture

   a substance that colors metals

   hematochrome

   a reddish coloring material found in some algae

   pigment

   dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)

   pigment

   any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color

   stain

   (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible

   chlorophyl, chlorophyll

   any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms

   bacteriochlorophyll

   a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants

   phycobilin

   water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria

   phycoerythrin

   red pigment in red algae

   phycocyanin

   blue pigment in algae

   acrylic, acrylic paint

   used especially by artists

   antifouling paint

   a paint used to protect against the accumulation of barnacles etc. on underwater surfaces

   coat of paint

   a layer of paint covering something else

   distemper

   paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder

   enamel

   a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish

   encaustic

   a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application

   finger paint, fingerpaint

   paint that has the consistency of jelly

   house paint, housepaint

   paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house

   oil paint

   paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle

   semigloss

   a paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat

   spray paint

   paint applied with a spray gun

   water-base paint

   paint in which water is used as the vehicle

   absorption indicator

   an indicator used in reactions that involve precipitation

   acid-base indicator

   an indicator that changes color on going from acidic to basic solutions

   Molisch reaction, Molisch test, Molisch's test, alpha-naphthol test

   biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction with alpha-naphthol in the presence of sulfuric acid

   titania, titanic oxide, titanium dioxide, titanium oxide

   a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability

   cobalt blue, cobalt ultramarine

   greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina

   earth color

   a colored mineral used as a pigment

   mosaic gold, stannic sulfide

   a yellow pigment sometimes suspended in lacquer

   carotenoid

   any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals

   acid dye

   dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion

   alizarin yellow

   any of various yellow dyes; not related chemically to alizarin but applied in the same manner

   anil, indigo, indigotin

   a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically

   aniline dye

   any of many dyes made from aniline

   animal pigment

   pigment occurring in animals

   azo dye

   any dye containing one or more azo groups

   crystal violet, gentian violet

   a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment

   methylene blue, methylthionine chloride

   a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning

   basic color, basic colour, basic dye

   a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion

   cerulean blue

   light greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of oxides of cobalt and tin

   chrome green

   any of a class of green pigments consisting of chrome yellow and iron blue

   Hooker's green

   green pigment consisting of Prussian blue mixed with gamboge

   chrome yellow

   any of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds

   bister, bistre

   a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot

   flavonoid

   any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone

   Indian red

   a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics

   ivory black

   a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil

   Prussian blue, iron blue

   any of various blue pigments

   Payne's gray, Payne's grey

   any pigment that produces a greyish to dark greyish blue

   chrome alum

   a violet-colored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeing

   antimony potassium tartrate, tartar emetic

   a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine

   oxidation-reduction indicator

   an indicator that shows a reversible color change between oxidized and reduced forms

   argent

   a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance

   alizarin, alizarine

   an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing

   blue, blueing, bluing

   used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

   bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein

   a dye used as an acid-base indicator

   bromothymol blue, bromthymol blue

   a dye used as an acid-base indicator

   cochineal

   a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects

   cyanine dye

   any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen; used as sensitizers in photography

   direct dye, substantive dye

   dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.)

   fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein

   a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)

   fluorochrome

   any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens

   hair coloring, hair dye

   a dye or tint for the hair

   Kendal, Kendal green

   a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant

   lac dye

   scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac

   lead acetate, sugar of lead

   a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes

   archil, cudbear, orchil

   a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens

   bole

   a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)

   lake

   any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments

   lake

   a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal

   orange

   any pigment producing the orange color

   water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour

   water-soluble pigment

   quercitron

   a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree

   radiopaque dye

   dye that does not allow the passage of X rays or other radiation; used to outline certain organs during X-ray examination

   saffranine, safranin, safranine

   any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes

   Tyrian purple

   a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically

   vat color, vat dye

   a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton

   woad

   a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant

   retinal, retinene

   either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light

   Paris green

   a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate

   sodium bichromate, sodium dichromate

   a red-orange salt used as a mordant

   sepia

   rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes

   porphyrin

   any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues

   haem, haemitin, hematin, heme, protoheme

   a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds

   haemosiderin, hemosiderin

   a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism

   counterstain

   a stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly

   ultramarine, ultramarine blue

   blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli

   photopigment

   a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina

   cadmium yellow

   pigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orange

   cupric acetate, verdigris

   a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment

   ceruse, lead carbonate, white lead

   a poisonous white pigment that contains lead

   Chinese white, zinc white

   a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide

   type of:

   material, stuff

   the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object