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# pigmentation

«pigmentation» in Mova's school dictionary: **The natural colour of skin, hair, eyes, leaves or other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (pigmentation, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) Coloured spots or patches on skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigmentation/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pigmentation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigmentation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.