Pigments

Organic or inorganic substances with color. In organisms, these are substances that determine the color of organisms or their organs. They can be natural metabolic products of the organism (e.g., bilirubin) or obtained through food.

Source | Glossary of Most Commonly Used Biomedical Terms and Concepts | Lithuanian University of Health Sciences | Academician Professor Antanas Praškevičius, Professor Laima Ivanovienė