pigment

• n. [物] [生化学的]色素; 色素沈着
• vt.に色をつける
• vi.

ラテン語のpingere（塗る、着色する）から、語源的にはpaint（絵の具）と同じ。color、pigmentに由来する。

pigment

pigment: see picture

pigment (n.)

late 14c., from Latin pigmentum "coloring matter, pigment, paint," figuratively "ornament," from stem of pingere "to color, paint" (see paint (v.)). Variants of this word could have been known in Old English (compare 12c. pyhmentum). As a verb from 1900. Related: Pigmented; pigmenting.

1. He makes his own paint，grinding up the pigment with a little oil.

彼は数滴の油で絵の具を磨き、自分で油彩を作った。

2. Certain pigment colours were painted on to dry plaster using tempera (where egg yolk is used to fix the pigment ).

卵彩色顔料（定色可能な卵黄を含む）を用いて乾燥石膏に特定の色を描画した。

3.Similarly，any pigment nevus that is chronically irritated should be excised.

同様に、慢性刺激を受けやすい各種色素痣は切除しないでください。

4.Bacteria or bile pigment may serve as a nidus for crystal formation.

細菌または胆色素は結晶形成の核とすることができる。

5.When highly purified，the red-absorbing form of the pigment is blue-green.

高度に精製すると、この色素の赤色光吸収型は青緑色である。