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Definition of Carmine red

Carmine red
Carmine Car"mine, n. [F. carmin (cf. Sp. carmin, It. carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See Crimson.] 1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple. 2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting. 3. (Chem.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid. Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthale["i]ns.

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- Carmine color is the general term for some deep red colors that are very slightly purplish but are generally slightly closer to pure red than the color...
- a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. Specific code names for the pigment include natural red 4, C.I. 75470...
- Look up carmine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Carmine is a pigment of a bright-red color. Carmine may also refer to: Carmine (color), deep red colors...
- making them rough and woody in appearance and brown in colour. The carmine red spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) is the most prevalent pest of the plant...
- approximating the given RAL colour sRGB value Grey value calculated from (0.2126 × red) + (0.7152 × green) + (0.0722 × blue) CIE L*a*b* values sRGB value expressed...
- addition, some are bicolored and some are occasionally found in yellow or carmine-red. Eustoma flowers are either single-flowered or double-flowered. Both...
- Carminic acid (C22H20O13) is a red glucosidal hydroxyanthrapurin that occurs naturally in some scale insects, such as the cochineal, Armenian cochineal...
- The club's home colours are carmine red and golden yellow, which gives Roma its nickname "I Giallorossi" ("The Yellow and Reds"). These colours have often...
- Merit: 'Kelly's Eye' (pink) 'McDaniel's Cushion' (deep pink) 'Red Wings' (carmine red) Phlox stolonifera BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain...
- white, although the officially declared colors were red and white, and in 2009 were amended to carmine and white. Maroon was named as the official color...