PIGMENT

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 25

(Lat. pig mentum.) A term applied by anatomists to the mucous secretion which covers the iris of the eye, and gives it its various colours; and to the dark matter which covers the anterior surface of the choroid membrane, and the interior surface of the ciliary proce es. Pigment. In Painting, a general term denoting any colour used by artists. PIGMY, or [s. 948]