Dye vs. Pigment

A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

Any hue, color, or blee.

(transitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.

Example: ‘Cloth to be dyed of divers colors.’; ‘The soul is dyed by its thoughts.’;

Color produced by dyeing.

Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.

Same as Die, a lot.

a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

color with dye;

Example: ‘Please dye these shoes’;

a natural or synthetic substance used to add a colour to or change the colour of something

Example: ‘blonde hair dye’; ‘a black dye’;

add a colour to or change the colour of (something) by soaking it in a solution impregnated with a dye

Example: ‘I dyed my hair blonde’;

take colour well or badly during the dyeing process

Example: ‘it's good material—it should dye well’;

A dye is a colored substance that chemically bonds to the substrate to which it is being applied. This distinguishes dyes from pigments which do not chemically bind to the material they color.

(biology) Any color in plant or animal cells

Example: ‘Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.’;

A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder

Example: ‘Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.’;

(obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.

(transitive) To add color or pigment to something.

Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.

Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.

Wine flavored with species and honey.

dry coloring matter (especially an insoluble powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc)

acquire pigment; become colored or imbued

color or dye with a pigment;

Example: ‘pigment a photograph’;

A pigment is a colored material that is completely or nearly insoluble in water. In contrast, dyes are typically soluble, at least at some stage in their use.