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Colorant: Concentrated color that can be added to paints to make a specific color.

Tint Base: The basic paint in a custom color system to which colorants are added.

Custom Color: Special colors made by adding colorant to paint or by intermixing colors, which permits the retailer to match a color selected by the consumer.

Pontac: A red-wine grape variety that behaves as a teinturier colorant and originally native to south-west France but, at last report, now only to be found on small acreages in the Stellenbosch regi . . . View Full Definition

Carmina: Developed at the Geilweilerhof Research Institute, Germany, this cultivar is a cross between the Blau Portuguiser and Spätburgunder varieties. It is mainly used as a teinturier-style colorant grape.

Kolor: Developed at the Freiburg Research Institute, Germany, this red-fleshed grape cultivar was derived from a Pinot Noir and Teinturier cross. As far as is known it is used solely to produce a c . . . View Full Definition

Erbium (Er): Atomic number: 68, Atomic mass: 167.26 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.2, Density: 9.2 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 1522 °C, Boiling point: 2510 °C, Vanderwaals radius: unknown, Ionic radiu . . . View Full Definition