Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by function]

Narrower term/s

• dye[+]
  • [dye by composition or origin] [+]
    • natural dye [+]
      • vegetable dye [+]
      • oxgall [NP]
      • Tyrian purple (colorant)
      • tekhelet
    • synthetic dye [+]
      • alizarin (natural colorant) [NP]
      • aniline dye [+]
      • methyl dye
      • bluing [NP]
      • phenyl blue (dye)
      • rhodamine (colorant)
      • azo dye
      • sulfur dye
      • synthetic purpurin
      • safranine
  • [dye by property] [+]
    • oil soluble dye
    • acid dye
    • water soluble dye
• pigments[+]
  • [pigment by composition or origin] [+]
    • inorganic pigment [+]
      • synthetic inorganic pigment [+]
      • natural inorganic pigment [+]
      • metallic pigment
      • ocher (pigment) [+]
    • organic pigment [+]
      • synthetic organic pigment [+]
    • natural organic pigment [+]
      • indigo (colorant) [NP] [+]
      • animal pigment
      • plant pigment [+]
    • biopigment
  • [pigment by color] [+]
    • black pigment [+]
      • organic black pigment [+]
      • synthetic inorganic black pigment [+]
      • synthetic organic black pigment [+]
      • black earth (pigment)
      • blue black
    • blue pigment [+]
      • inorganic blue pigment [+]
      • organic blue pigment [+]
      • synthetic inorganic blue pigment [+]
      • synthetic organic blue pigment [+]
      • new blue
      • Payne's gray (pigment)
    • brown pigment [+]
      • inorganic brown pigment [+]
      • organic brown pigment [+]
      • synthetic inorganic brown pigment [+]
    • green pigment [+]
      • inorganic green pigment [+]
      • organic green pigment [+]
      • synthetic inorganic green pigment [+]
      • synthetic organic green pigment [+]
      • composite green pigment [+]
      • Veronese green (pigment)
      • oil green
      • Victoria green
      • vergaut
    • red pigment [+]
      • inorganic red pigment [+]
      • organic red pigment [+]
      • synthetic inorganic red pigment [+]
      • synthetic organic red pigment [+]
      • composite red pigment [+]
    • white pigment [+]
      • opaque white pigment [+]
      • transparent white pigment [+]
    • yellow pigment [+]
      • inorganic yellow pigment [+]
      • organic yellow pigment [+]
      • synthetic inorganic yellow pigment [+]
      • synthetic organic yellow pigment [+]
    • violet pigment [+]
      • inorganic violet pigment [+]
      • organic violet pigment [+]
      • synthetic inorganic violet pigment [+]
      • synthetic organic violet pigment [+]
    • orange pigment [+]
      • lead-tin orange
      • molybdate orange [NP]
    • pearlescent pigment
  • [pigment by production method] [+]
    • composite pigment
    • drop pigment
    • dry color
    • lake (pigment) [+]
      • madder (colorant) [NP] [+]
      • kermes (colorant) [NP]
      • carmine (lake) [NP] [+]
      • cochineal (colorant) [NP]
      • logwood (colorant) [NP]
      • Indian lake [NP]
    • Mars pigment
    • wet color
• [colorant for dye and pigment][+]
  • indigo (colorant) [+]
    • blue carmine [NP]
  • madder (colorant) [+]
    • garancine
  • safflower (colorant)
  • woad (colorant)
  • kermes (colorant)
  • alizarin (natural colorant)
  • carmine (lake) [+]
    • cochineal carmine
  • cochineal (colorant)
  • lac dye (colorant) [+]
    • Indian lake
  • logwood (colorant)
  • purpurin (natural colorant) [NP]
  • Indian madder (colorant)
  • munjeet (colorant)
  • Turkey red
  • Vienna lake
  • synthetic indigo
  • French purple
  • cornflower blue (colorant)
  • berberine
  • orcein
  • synthetic alizarin
  • catechin

Anotations

Scope note:

Any substance capable of or used for coloring another material. A colorant may be a dye or a pigment.