Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "launi na dabba" yana nufin abubuwa masu launi ko launi waɗanda aka samo a cikin dabbobi, waɗanda ke da alhakin launin su ko alamar su. Wadannan pigments yawanci ana samar da su ta hanyar ƙwararrun sel waɗanda ake kira chromatophores ko melanocytes, kuma suna taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen bayyanar da halayen gani na dabbobi daban-daban, kamar fata, fur, fuka-fukan, ma'auni, ko idanu. Pigments na dabba na iya zama iri-iri, kamar su melanin, carotenoids, pteridines, da sauransu, kuma suna da alhakin nau'ikan launuka iri-iri da ake gani a cikin duniyar dabba, ciki har da baki, launin ruwan kasa, ja, rawaya, orange, blue, kore. da iridescent launuka. Kasancewa da rarraba pigments na dabba a cikin nau'o'in nau'i daban-daban na iya samun ayyuka masu mahimmanci, irin su camouflage, launin gargadi, sadarwa, da thermoregulation, da sauransu.