pigment
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For darker-skinned people, those marks take longer to go away because their skin produces extra pigment when stressed, Aguh said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
“So it actually is a black pigment that was made by burning ivory,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The statue has been patinated with a pigment refined from Lapis Lazuli, a semi-precious stone that has been used by artists for millennia.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Yet the white foam of the waves, the snow covering Mount Fuji, and the clouds in the sky contain no white pigment at all.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
They melt in glass skin-tone pots creating every pigment imaginable: ink black, sandy beige, eggshell white, desert brown, lemony cream, soft sable, brown sugar syrup, and more.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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In the absence of the green chlorophyll, red, yellow and orange pigments protect leaves from sun damage during this delicate recycling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Seven portraits give Anne red or red-brown hair and five show a brunette, but the pigments in the paint may have degraded over time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The research also revealed that the pigments Reynolds used contained lead as well as vermilion, carbon black and one or more iron-earth pigments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
These naturally occurring minerals can produce dark pigments, but they do not contain the organic carbon needed for radiocarbon dating.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
The color drains from the rose as I add deeper red and white pigments to the makeup.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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