pigmento

pigment

noun peeg-MEN-toh Rare

Origin: From Latin pigmentum, from pingere (to paint).

Usage Note

Pigmento refers to any coloring substance — biological (the pigmento in skin, hair, and eyes), artistic (the powdered pigments mixed into paint), or industrial. In biology, melanina is the main skin pigment. The related verb is pigmentar ('to pigment') and the adjective is pigmentado ('pigmented'). Pigmentación ('pigmentation') describes the overall coloring of an organism.

Examples

"El pigmento de la piel depende de la melanina."

Natural Translation

Skin pigment depends on melanin.

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