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Colored by chemistry, not opinion — the molecular reason nothing in nature is truly gray.
means Containing or colored by pigments, the natural compounds that absorb certain light wavelengths and reflect the rest.
from From Latin pigmentum, paint or coloring, kin to pingere, to paint — the same root that brushes through picture and pimento.
Light trickPigments work by absorbing, not creating, color.
Melanin's jobSkin pigment doubles as built-in UV shielding.
Beyond skinPlants pigment too, hence autumn's chlorophyll retreat.