Hydrophilic self-cleaning coating compositions and methods to make and use the compositions are disclosed. The compositions include a pigment material made up of an inorganic pigment attached or linked to at least one oxidizing agent. In some embodiments, the oxidizing agent is an organic molecule covalently or non-covalently attached to the inorganic pigment. In some embodiments, the oxidizing agent is linked to the inorganic pigment by a linker moiety.