pigment

material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light
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pigment

Summary

pigment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,313 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pigment is a type of colourant[2].
  • pigment's Commons category is recorded as Pigments[3].
  • pigment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pigments[4].
  • pigment's earliest date is recorded as -400000-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • pigment's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[6].
  • pigment's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • pigment's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[8].
  • pigment's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[9].
  • pigment's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[10].
  • pigment's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France[11].
  • pigment's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].

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Definition and Type

pigment is a type of colourant[2].

Influence

Things named for pigment include orpiment[13], a mineral species[14].

Why It Matters

pigment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,313 views/month).[1] pigment has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] pigment is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for pigment include orpiment[13], a mineral species[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Q189720
    Intangible cultural heritage status National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France
    Aliases
    Subclass of colourant
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18711, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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