colorant, colourant
(ˈkɒlə-, ˈkʌlərənt)
[a. F. colorant, pr. pple. of colorer, ad. L. colōrāre to colour (see -ant1), or re-formed f. colour + -ant1.]
A colouring matter, pigment.
| 1884 Cochin in Pop. Sci. Monthly XXV. 207 This wonderful colorant [rosaniline] may be constituted by the action of almost any of the oxidizing agents..upon aniline. 1916 F. B. Wade Diamonds 3 Iron as a colourant commonly produces yellow or brown in minerals. 1959 Times 24 Mar. 6/1 You get your colour by squeezing the scientific colourants into a Colorizer Base Paint. 1960 News Chron. 26 July 6/3 Hair colourants are now widely used by women of all age groups. |