colorant
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- noun
- /ˈkʌlərənt/
- US
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colorante
- The resulting copy is made up of three or more colorants, each characterized by its spectral transmittance or reflectance function.
- colorant dot
- colorant for mulch
- colorant and equipment
And these glues and these these sweeteners and these colorants have negative effects on the gut microbiome.
- And these glues and these these sweeteners and these colorants have negative effects on the gut microbiome.
Examples
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This fabric dye contains a natural colorant derived from plants.
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More companies are manufacturing mulch colorant and coloring equipment.
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However, significant amounts of non-original colorant would not be added to areas of loss.
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To vary the amount of a particular colorant, the printer varies the dot size.
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A series of jets spray the combined water and colorant onto the mulch.
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Instead, the printer lays a fixed density array of colorant dots onto the medium.
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More unusual colors are being requested these days, leading Becker-Underwood to offer colorants like blue, green, and yellow.
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The company sells both colorants and equipment that operate with the customer's existing grinders, screens, and conveyors.
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Some companies, like Becker-Underwood, started out making colorants and evolved into manufacturing equipment to color recycled wood and bark mulch.
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Peggy Hessian of National Paint and Color in Nashville, Tennessee, a colorant supplier, cautions against using black mulch colored with charcoal.
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Synonyms
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A paint or dye used to give something a particular shade
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A substance used to change the color of cloth or hair
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A powder or liquid added to laundry to make whites whiter
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A safe substance added to food or drink to change its color
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A liquid or powder that people add to food to give it color
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A liquid or cream that colors hair
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A deep blue dye used to color cloth, often made from plants or in factories
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A natural pigment that gives plants and some animals yellow to red colour
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A paint made by mixing color with oil that artists use
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A natural substance in plants that gives red, blue, or purple color
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A thing added to food or drink to change how it looks
A substance used to add color to cloth and hair
A substance that gives color to something like food or cloth
A product that you put on hair to make it a different shade
A dye used to color wool and silk that sticks to their natural fibers
A natural material in animals that gives skin, fur, or feathers their color
How Permanent
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Etymology
The word colorant comes from the simple word color meaning 'color' and the ending -ant meaning 'something that does', so a colorant is a substance that 'gives' color to food, cloth, paint, or cosmetics.