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colorante

dye; colouring agent

noun koh-loh-RAHN-teh Rare
Food & Drink Ingredients

Origin: From colorare (to colour) + present-participle suffix '-ante', from Latin 'colorare'

Also means

food colouring

Usage Note

Colorante is the general term for any colouring agent — food dye (colorante alimentare), fabric dye, or ink pigment. On Italian food labels you will see coloranti listed under additivi; E numbers are the EU codes. Do not confuse with colore (colour/paint) or tinta (tint/paint shade).

Examples

"Questa bibita contiene coloranti artificiali."

Natural Translation

This drink contains artificial colourings.

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