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carmine
car·mine C0117000 (kär′mĭn, -mīn′)n.1. A strong to vivid red.2. A crimson pigment derived from cochineal.adj. Strong to vivid red.
[French carmin, from Medieval Latin carminium, probably blend of Arabic qirmiz, kermes; see kermes, and Latin minium, cinnabar; see minium.]carmine (ˈkɑːmaɪn) n1. (Colours) a. a vivid red colour, sometimes with a purplish tingeb. (as adjective): carmine paint. 2. (Dyeing) a pigment of this colour obtained from cochineal[C18: from Medieval Latin carmīnus, from Arabic qirmiz kermes]car•mine (ˈkɑr mɪn, -maɪn)
n. 1. a crimson or purplish red color. 2. a crimson pigment obtained from cochineal. [1705–15; < French carmin (color), carmine (pigment), Old French; compare Medieval Latin carminium] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  carmine - a variable color averaging a vivid redcardinalred, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood | | Verb | 1. | carmine - color carmineredden - make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky" | | Adj. | 1. | carmine - of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubiesblood-red, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet, ruddychromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
Translationscarmine
carminea. a vivid red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge b. (as adjective): carmine paint Carmine a red dye extracted from the bodies of wingless female cochineal insects. Carmine, a complex organic carminic acid, is extracted from the insects with hot water and acetic acid. It is soluble in water and alkalies. One gram of carmine is obtained from 150-175 insects. Carmine is used as a food coloring and a cosmetic dye. It is also used to stain microscopic specimens. carmine
car·mine (kar'min, kar'mēn), [C.I. 75470] Red coloring matter used as a histology stain produced from coccinellin derived from cochineal; treatment of coccinellin with alum forms an aluminum lake of carminic acid, the essential constituent of carmine. [Mediev. L. carminus, contr. fr. carmisinus, fr. Ar. qirmizē, the cochineal insect] car·mine (kahr'mēn) [CI 75470] Red coloring matter used as a histology stain, derived from cochineal. [Mediev. L. carminus, contr. fr. carmisinus, fr. Ar. qirmizē, the cochineal insect]carmine
Synonyms for carminenoun a variable color averaging a vivid redSynonymsRelated Wordsverb color carmineRelated Wordsadj of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange)Synonyms- blood-red
- cerise
- cherry
- cherry-red
- crimson
- red
- reddish
- ruby
- ruby-red
- scarlet
- ruddy
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