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Pigment is a substance that provides color. In art, pigments are usually a dry powder ground from naturally occurring substances like minerals or plants. The dry pigment can be mixed with liquids such as water, oil, acrylic polymer to make paint. Or they can be bound together with substances like guar gum or wax or chalk into a more solid form of coloring agent such as dry pastels, crayons/oil pastels or colored chalks. Other 'dry' media include charcoals, pencils, conte crayons, etc.

The are chemical and biological elements/processes that also create pigment. For instance: chlorophyll and carotene in plants, melanin in skin and animals determines skin color,

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It's like a type of eye shadow but a little bitte mire darker

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