pigment vs colour

pigment and colour both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pigment	Yes	No	Yes	No
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, colour is a hypernym of pigment; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than pigment:

pigment: 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
colour: any material used for its color

Other hypernyms of pigment include coat, coating, color, coloring material, colouring material.

As nouns, colour is a hypernym of pigment; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than pigment:

pigment: dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
colour: any material used for its color

Other hypernyms of pigment include color, coloring material, colouring material.

As nouns, colour is a hypernym of pigment; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than pigment:

pigment: any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color
colour: any material used for its color

Other hypernyms of pigment include color, coloring material, colouring material.

As verbs, colour is a hypernym of pigment; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than pigment:

Other hypernyms of pigment include color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize.

pigment (noun)	colour (noun)
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 visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color	the timbre of a musical sound
	interest and variety and intensity
	an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
	(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
	any material used for its color

pigment (adjective)	colour (adjective)
	having or capable of producing colors

pigment (verb)	colour (verb)
color or dye with a pigment	change color, often in an undesired manner
acquire pigment; become colored or imbued	add color to
	affect as in thought or feeling
	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias