carmine

IPA: kˈɑrmʌn

A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
A male given name from Italian.
A surname from Italian.

Examples of "carmine" in Sentences

Some food dyes aren't vegan; red pigment can be cochineal or carmine, which is insects!
Another scary and buggy additive to know about is carmine, which is made from the cochineal beetle and generally used as a red food dye
Produced by adding aqueous ferrate of potash to an excess of dilute solutions of baryta salts, has been described as carmine-coloured and permanent.
Red beverages -- including Campari and Tropicana Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice -- are often colored with cochineal, aka carmine, a dye derived from insects.
Many cosmetics' ingredients include beeswax, especially lipsticks, as well as lanolin a derivative of sheep's wool, and carmine, which is produced from the bodies of bugs.
Each is defined as a carmine lake, and published instructions to create them are similar; Schäffer also includes carmine in his hierarchy of red colors. 2 Schäffer's system suggests that the three are separate colors; did he learn their differences from his color merchant?
The artist would, however, do well to obtain, all the colors mentioned in the last chapter of this work, and be sure to get the very best, as there are various qualities of the same color, particularly carmine, which is very expensive, and the cupidity of some may induce them to sell a poor article for the sake of larger profits.