The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PIGMENT
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More clues leading to the result PIGMENT
- Colour of holy chap holding Mass
- Farm workers adding a touch of traditional colour
- Dye farmworkers applied to tail of beast
- Farm workers ending in embarrassment, colouring
- Fruit when cut keeps good colour
- Meat supplier intended scrapping a colouring
- Livestock farmers overseeing their charges’ feeder, eschewing rough colouring
- Very good gimbri intro intended, say, for Chinese White?
- Male chauvinists on television initially in colour
- Colour is of little weight while in prison
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The straight part
We know that "Colour" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case colour = pigment.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PIGMENT mean?
PIGMENT noun- Any color in plant or animal cells
- A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
- Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
- To add color or pigment to something.