pigment

Example Sentences

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We see the folds best in raking light—directed at the painting from an acute angle—and the fleshy effect was created by the painter zigzagging the wax pigment across her neck in layers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Crucially, the artist did more than simply spray pigment around a hand pressed to the wall, the researchers say.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

"This challenges what we thought we knew about Paleolithic pigment use," said Dr. Izzy Wisher, the lead author of the study.

From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025

Its provenance was certified through methods including X-ray imaging and pigment analysis, he added.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

The treatment had not worked as rapidly or completely as we had hoped, but I had a dark undercoating of pigment which I could touch up perfectly with stain.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin