COLOURING MATERIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colouring material mean? 

• COLOURING MATERIAL (noun)
  The noun COLOURING MATERIAL has 1 sense:

1. any material used for its color

  Familiarity information: COLOURING MATERIAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLOURING MATERIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any material used for its color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

color; coloring material; colour; colouring material

Context example:

she used a different color for the trim

Hypernyms ("colouring material" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colouring material"):

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 or dyes)

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)