A pigmentation device with a linear drive, comprising: - a stator and an air gap which is provided in the stator and is formed so as to be offset in a defined manner, - an electric coil within the stator, said coil being configured to produce a concentration of the magnetic flux in the air gap as a result of the coil being energized, - an armature which is designed to carry out sliding axial movements in the stator, and - a permanent magnet, which is fixedly connected to the armature, characterized in that the linear drive is configured to move the armature, in response to the coil being energized and the electromagnetic field concentrated in the air gap, mainly by means of magnetic repulsion acting on the permanent magnet, from a rest position in which, when the coil is deenergized, the permanent magnet holds the armature by magnetic attractive forces to the stator, into an extended position in which the armature performs a reversal of its extension movement, wherein at a time of the reversal of the extension movement the coil is deenergized and the armature reverses its extension movement in order to return to the rest position due to the attractive forces of the permanent magnet, and a thickness of a stop, on which the permanent magnet and the stator lie in the rest position, is dimensioned in such a way that, in the rest position, the magnetic attractive forces of the permanent magnet acting on the stator are overcome by energizing the coil only shortly prior to reaching the maximum electromagnetic counter-force, i.e. of the maximum operating current, and the energy which is then stored in the permanent magnet at this release point is abruptly freed and extends the armature out of the stator with a high degree of acceleration. - a stator and an air gap which is provided in the stator and is formed so as to be offset in a defined manner, - an electric coil within the stator, said coil being configured to produce a concentration of the magnetic flux in the air gap as a result of the coil being energized, - an armature which is designed to carry out sliding axial movements in the stator, and - a permanent magnet, which is fixedly connected to the armature, the linear drive is configured to move the armature, in response to the coil being energized and the electromagnetic field concentrated in the air gap, mainly by means of magnetic repulsion acting on the permanent magnet, from a rest position in which, when the coil is deenergized, the permanent magnet holds the armature by magnetic attractive forces to the stator, into an extended position in which the armature performs a reversal of its extension movement, wherein at a time of the reversal of the extension movement the coil is deenergized and the armature reverses its extension movement in order to return to the rest position due to the attractive forces of the permanent magnet, and a thickness of a stop, on which the permanent magnet and the stator lie in the rest position, is dimensioned in such a way that, in the rest position, the magnetic attractive forces of the permanent magnet acting on the stator are overcome by energizing the coil only shortly prior to reaching the maximum electromagnetic counter-force, i.e. of the maximum operating current, and the energy which is then stored in the permanent magnet at this release point is abruptly freed and extends the armature out of the stator with a high degree of acceleration.