Farbpigment
colour pigment
noun FARB-pig-ment Rare
Origin: from Latin pigmentum
Usage Note
Farbpigment is the powdered colouring substance mixed with a binder to make paint. Historic Farbpigmente such as Lapislazuli or Zinnober were costly; modern synthetic pigments are more stable. Neutral noun.
Examples
"Das teure Farbpigment Ultramarin wurde aus echtem Lapislazuli gewonnen."
Natural Translation
The expensive colour pigment ultramarine was extracted from genuine lapis lazuli.
Literal Translation
The expensive colour-pigment ultramarine was from genuine lapis-lazuli extracted.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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