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col·or·ant

(kŭl′ər-ənt)

Something, especially a dye, pigment, ink, or paint, that colors or modifies the hue of something else.

adj.

Of or being a subtractive primary color.

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colorant

(ˈkʌlərənt) or

colourant

(Dyeing) any substance that imparts colour, such as a pigment, dye, or ink; colouring matter

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col•or•ant

(ˈkʌl ər ənt)

n.

something used as a coloring matter; pigment; dye.

[1880–85; < French, present participle of colorer < Latin colōrāre to color]

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colorant

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Something that imparts color:

color, coloring, dye, dyestuff, pigment, stain, tincture.

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