pigmentingadj.
/pɪɡˈmɛntɪŋ/, /ˈpɪɡm(ə)ntɪŋ/, U.S. /pɪɡˈmɛn(t)ɪŋ/, /ˈpɪɡm(ə)n(t)ɪŋ/ That colours with a pigment.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > [adjective]
colouring1597
tingeing1650
tingent1650
infectory1657
staining1789
colorizing1830
pigmenting1906
1906 Westm. Gaz. 1 Dec. 18/2 The effect of the silver image in the bromide print, in conjunction with the ‘pigmenting’ solution taken up by the plaster, is to render the pigmented compound forming the plaster..insoluble.
1958 Engineering 21 Mar. 384/1 The material is a blend of polymeric materials, solvents, stabilisers, and pigmenting compounds.
1971 Brit. Poultry Sci. 12 206 The purpose..was to evaluate the efficacy of canthaxanthin for the augmentation of naturally occurring pigmenting compounds found in yellow corn and alfalfa.
2000 Paper Technol. (Paper Industry Techn. Assoc.) Feb. 22/1 It needed to be..less porous to resist the penetration of expensive coloured inks (and often of weak pigmenting properties) into the body of the paper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1906