Pigment is a component of paint. It is a coloring material usually a finely ground powder which does not dissolve. It is suspended in a liquid solvent vehicle to become the coloring material in paint. There are two types of pigments used in paint formulation, Prime Pigments and Extender Pigments. A pigment is a material that changes the color of light it reflects as the result of selective color absorption. This physical process differs from fluorescence, phosphorescence, and other forms of luminescence, in which the material itself emits light.
