Biological pigments, also known simply as pigments or biochromes, are substances produced by living organisms that have a color resulting from selective...

A pigment is a powder used to add color or change visual appearance. Pigments are completely or nearly insoluble and chemically unreactive in water or...

responsible for visual perception, but also melanopsin and others. Biological pigment Epstein, R.J. (2003). Human Molecular Biology: An Introduction to...

A photosynthetic pigment (accessory pigment; chloroplast pigment; antenna pigment) is a pigment that is present in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria...

norepinephrine (noradrenaline), and epinephrine (adrenaline), and the biological pigment melanin. It is encoded by the messenger RNA codons UUU and UUC. Phenylalanine...

lake – is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. Specific code names for the pigment include natural...

that are not absorbed by the pigment, but instead are reflected. Biological pigments include plant pigments and flower pigments. Animals can appear coloured...

Turacin is a naturally occurring red pigment that is 6% copper complexed to uroporphyrin III. Arthur Herbert Church discovered turacin in 1869. It is...

(kuáneos/kuanoûs) 'dark blue'), also called anthocyans, are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, purple, blue, or black. In...

been in continuous use since ancient times as varnish, medicine, incense, pigment, and dye. A great degree of confusion existed for the ancients in regard...