a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating | a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians |
dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) | a red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment |
any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color | a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics |