A substance utilized for shading a material. Colorants are utilized in numerous ventures - to shading garments, paints, plastics, photos, prints, and ceramics. 

Colorants can be either colors or shades. Colors are solvent hued natural mixtures that are generally applied to materials from an answer in water. They are intended to bond emphatically to the polymer atoms that make up the material fibre.Pigments are insoluble mixtures utilized in paints, printing inks, ceramics and plastics. They are applied by utilizing a scattering in an appropriate medium. Most shades utilized are likewise natural mixtures.