dye
A colorant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
Other meanings
Any hue or color.
A kind of
- coloring material
Kinds of dye
- acid dye
- indigo
- basic dye
- blue
- cochineal
- direct dye
- fluorescent dye
- hair dye
Word history
From Old English "dēah".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dye” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.