Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An iron oxide used as a paint and cosmetic pigment.
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- noun Any of a variety of
red orpurple pigments containingferric oxide , found in naturalearth or made bychemical methods. - noun The colour of Indian red pigment: a variety of dark, purplish reds.
- adjective Having the colour of Indian red pigment.
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- noun a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians
- noun a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics
- noun a red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the fact that earths containing the pigment are found in the East Indies.]
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1672 pigment, c. 1810–27 colour and adjective. Indian + red, the pigment originally being an earth obtained from the East Indies.
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