The Emergence Machine

Pigment

physical · Visual Arts · Level 9 · E3

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

pigment emerges from color. It requires space.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “pigment” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “pigment”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
pigmentum
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0PigmentColorSensoryVisualLightNeuron… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAcrylicL10EncausticL10GouacheL10PaintL10TemperaL10PigmentL9VisualL7ColorL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Visual L7 (requires)
    The visual phenomenon of pigment, involving space and color.
  • Color L8 (conceptual)
    Pigment provides color to paint

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