A dye, pigment, or other substance that colours something.
‘a range of natural hair colourants’
‘the amount of colourant that must be applied’
‘Within a few years, a variety of these potentially safer organic dyes began to replace mineral pigments as food colorants.’
‘Lobsters and crabs, as well as some mollusks, worms, and fish species (salmon and trout, for example), use carotenoid colorants.’
‘Most tattoo colorants are industrial pigments, and chemical industries have never produced them for human use but only to stain consumer goods.’
‘The chemical industry produces such colorants to stain consumer goods.’
‘Hair colourants are safe consumer products when used as directed and many millions of people colour their hair many times a year without any adverse reaction.’
‘I understand that there is a huge upswing in the sales of hair colourants, especially for the younger girls and boys.’
‘For instance, there are botanical-based hair colorants rich in herbs such as nettle, sage, red sorrel, rosemary and burdock.’
‘Once the choice is made, the computerised dispensing machine adds colourants to the base paints to produce the required shade.’
‘Sudan 1's dark red properties make it an ideal colourant for petrol, oils, waxes and shoe polish.’
‘Other common additives are antioxidants, stabilizers, and colorants.’
‘It's fine to use hair colourants and perm lotions on your hair, although you may find the results are unpredictable.’
‘After they are fired, the pieces are sprayed with colorants, primarily red iron oxide.’
‘To mimic the natural shades of wild salmon, colorants are added to farmed salmon.’
‘Levels of colourants in the failed samples were not excessive, and gave no cause for alarm.’
‘We have completely changed our school menus to exclude additives and colourants.’
‘Correspondingly, plants have been used through unwritten and written history as a source of medicines, fragrances, spices, and colourants.’
‘Now there are more than 3,000 different additives, including a wide range of colourants.’
‘Food additives, such as preservatives and colourants, can also cause skin rashes and wheezing.’
‘These colorants are believed to excite the central nervous system, and have been implicated in stress-related conditions, such as childhood hypersensitivity, attention deficit disorder and certain allergies.’
‘The lattice, with its entwined flowering twig pattern, was finished in pink, bronze, and green by brushing on copper-based colorants.’