coloring matter
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"Smoke" is usually composed of pure alcohol and coloring matter.
From Time Magazine Archive
He analyzed chlorophyll, the green coloring matter of all growing plants, and showed that chemically it is closely related to hematin, the coloring matter of blood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Melanin is also the coloring matter of black cancer, one of the swiftest and most deadly forms of this disease.
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His most famed achievement was discovery of the chemical structure of chlorophyl, green coloring matter which sustains plant life.
From Time Magazine Archive
His brush indicates the weft of the most delicate tissues; the coloring matter, almost microscopically divided, gives a tone to every stitch in a linen hood or cap, or a knitted stocking.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther
