颜料 (yán liào) — pigment; coloring material used in painting

Definition

Examples

• 这种颜料的色彩非常鲜艳。
  Zhè zhǒng yán liào de sè cǎi fēi cháng xiān yàn.
  This kind of pigment has very bright colors.
• 他买了一盒新的水彩颜料。
  Tā mǎi le yì hé xīn de shuǐ cǎi yán liào.
  He bought a new box of watercolor pigments.
• 用矿物颜料画的画可以保存很久。
  Yòng kuàng wù yán liào huà de huà kě yǐ bǎo cún hěn jiǔ.
  Paintings made with mineral pigments can last a long time.