CHROMOGENS Synonyms

• a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

• color with dye

• color for microscopic study

• the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

• take on color or become colored

• suffuse with color

• dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)

• any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color

• a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

• acquire pigment; become colored or imbued

• color or dye with a pigment

• a soiled or discolored appearance

• (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible

• anything regarded as making something unclean

• a symbol of disgrace or infamy

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• color with a liquid dye or tint

• produce or leave stains

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• color for microscopic study

• a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

• a dye for coloring the hair

• a just detectable amount

• color lightly