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Colourant




A colourant is something added to something else to induce a change in Colour . Colourants can be Dye s, Pigment s, Ink s, Paint , or Chemical s. This could be adding white to tint or black to shade a certain pigment, ultimately changing the colour or Value .


FOOD

''Main article: Food Coloring ''

In Food s, colourants are Food Additive s, and as such are given a uniformal identification code called an E Number . Not all E Numbers are necessarily colourants.