Colourant

A colourant (English spelling) or colorant is something added to something else to cause a change in colour. Colourants can be:

• Dyes
• Pigments
• Biological pigments
• Inks
• Paint
• Coloured chemicals

For example, colourants could be adding white to tint a paint, or black to shade a paint, ultimately changing the colour or value.

This colour-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Color Color stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh E110 Look at other dictionaries: colourant — (Brit.) col·our·ant || kÊŒlÉ™rÉ™nt n. coloring agent; agent used to dye or color, pigment (also colorant) …   English contemporary dictionary colourant — UK [ˈkʌlərənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms colourant : singular colourant plural colourants a substance used for giving something a different colour or for making its colour stronger food colourants …   English dictionary colourant — [[t]kʌ̱lərənt[/t]] colourants N COUNT A colourant is a substance that is used to give something a particular colour. ...a new range of hair colourants. (in AM, use colorant) …   English dictionary colourant — n. (US colorant) a colouring substance. * * * colourant see colorant …   Useful english dictionary colourant — noun A pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue …   Wiktionary colourant — col|our|ant BrE colorant AmE [ˈkʌlərənt] n a substance used to change the colour of something, especially someone s hair …   Dictionary of contemporary English colourant — (US colorant) noun a dye or pigment used to colour something …   English new terms dictionary colourant — /ˈkʌlərənt/ (say kuluhruhnt) noun a colouring matter such as dye or pigment. Also, colorant …   colourants — colourant (Brit.) col·our·ant || kÊŒlÉ™rÉ™nt n. coloring agent; agent used to dye or color, pigment (also colorant) …   English contemporary dictionary dye — 1. noun /daɪ/ a) A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied. If a dye were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining… …   Wiktionary 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”