pigmentation
Noun
Meaning
A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.
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Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.
The proprietor had hair so red that pigmentation had flowed out into every visible inch of his skin and even into the pinks of his eyes, as the colour of flowering cherry trees stains their leaves.
Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
Pigmentation was a quick and convenient way of judging a person. One of us, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once proposed we instead judge people by the content of their character. He was shot.
I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK?
The harsh truth is, most red-haired men look like blondes who've spoiled from lack of refrigeration. They look like brown-haired men who've been composted out behind the barn. Yet that same pigmentation that on a man can resemble leaf mold or junkyard rust, a woman wears like a tiara of rubies.