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# pigmentation

noun (pigmentation, uncountable)

«pigmentation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The natural colour of skin, hair, eyes, leaves or other living things, caused by pigments (coloured substances). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigmentation/#m1)
2. Coloured spots or patches on skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigmentation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, melanin is the pigment that gives skin, hair and eyes their colour; more melanin means darker skin. Leaves are green because of chlorophyll. Animals' pigmentation can help camouflage. Difference in skin pigmentation is natural and says nothing about a person's worth.

### Examples

- Skin pigmentation comes from melanin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigmentation/#x1)
- The frog's bright pigmentation warns that it is poisonous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigmentation/#x2)
- Albino animals lack pigmentation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigmentation/#x3)
- Sun can cause dark pigmentation spots on skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigmentation/#x4)
- Autumn leaves change pigmentation as chlorophyll breaks down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigmentation/#x5)
- Human skin pigmentation varies, and all of it is normal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigmentation/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. From pigment (a colouring substance). Albinism means little or no pigment; people with albinism need extra sun protection.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pigmentation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigmentation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pigmentation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pigmentation.html) on Mova free.