carmine
IPA: kˈɑrmʌn
noun
- 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.
adjective
- Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
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Examples of "carmine" in Sentences
- We can see the carmine color in the wall.
- The flower is light purple and carmine red.
- Carminic acid is the colouring agent in carmine.
- He also toured with Carmine Appice and The Good Rats.
- This is the color of the raw unprocessed carmine pigment.
- Carmine stains require the use of a mordant, usually aluminum.
- This is the color usually called carmine in fashion and interior design.
- Carmine dyes were once widely prized in both the Americas and in Europe.
- The first recorded use of carmine as a color name in English was in 1523.
- Carmine was arrested and acquitted of labor racketeering charges in the 1980s.