• Question: what is the difference between a dye and a pigment

    Asked by coolscientist to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 22 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Hayley Evers-King

      Hayley Evers-King answered on 22 Mar 2013:

      Pigments are usually of natural origin (from plants etc) where as dyes can be made synthetically (i.e. by us, out of chemicals)

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