Pigment

:For the drug referred to as "pigment," see black tar heroin.

List of pigments

Heme/Porphyrin based

• Chlorophyll
• Bilirubin
• Hemocyanin
• Hemoglobin
• Myoglobin

Light emitting

• Luciferin

Lipochromes

• Carotenoids
• Alpha and Beta Carotene
• Cyanins
• Anthocyanin
• Lycopene
• Rhodopsin
• Xanthophylls
• Canthaxanthin
• Zeaxanthin
• Lutein

Photosynthetic

• Chlorophyll
• Phycobilin

Other

• Hematochrome
• Melanin - Which causes human skin coloration
• Phthalocyanine blue
• Urochrome
• polyene enolates are a class of red pigments unique to parrots.

Painting pigments

• Alizarin (Alizarin Crimson)
• Bone black (also known as bone char)
• Cadmium pigments (Cadmium Green, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange)
• Caput Mortuum
• Carbon black
• Cerulean blue
• Chromium pigments (Chrome Green, Chrome Yellow)
• Cobalt pigments (Cobalt Blue)
• Crimson
• Fugitive pigments
• Gamboge
• Indian Yellow
• Indigo
• Ivory black
• Vine black
• Lamp black
• Mars black
• Lead pigments (Lead white, Naples Yellow, Cremnitz White, Foundation White, Red Lead)
• Paris Green
• Phthalocyanine (Phthalo Green, Phthalo Blue)
• Prussian blue
• Quinacridone (Quinacridone Magenta)
• Oxide Red
• Red ochre
• Sanguine
• Sienna (Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna)
• Titanium dioxide (Titanium White)
• Ultramarine (Ultramarine Green Shade, French Ultramarine)
• Umber (Raw Umber, Burnt Umber)
• Van Dyke brown
• Venetian Red
• Verdigris
• Vermillion
• Viridian
• Yellow ochre
• Zinc white