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A2nounmaschile

ilpigmento

pigment

Plural

pigmenti

Pronunciation

pig-MEN-to

About this word

Italian Renaissance painters were famous for their mastery of pigments, especially ultramarine blue (from lapis lazuli).

Examples

I pittori rinascimentali usavano pigmenti naturali.

Renaissance painters used natural pigments.

La melanina è il pigmento che colora la pelle.

Melanin is the pigment that colors the skin.

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