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colourant

substance used to impart colour to another substance or object
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colourant

Summary

colourant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • colourant is a type of chemical substance[2].
  • colourant is a type of material[3].
  • colourant is used for dyeing[4].
  • colourant's said to be the same as is recorded as dye[5].
  • colourant's topic's main category is recorded as Q8952230[6].
  • colourant's has characteristic is recorded as color[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include chemical substance[2] and material[3].

Use and Application

colourant is used for dyeing[4].

Why It Matters

colourant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[1] colourant has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] colourant is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → dye
    Has characteristic → color
    National library of poland mms id → 9810593931405606
    Subclass of → chemical substance, material
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2176, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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