carmine
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mɪn, -maɪn noun
1.
a crimson or purplish-red color.
2.
a crimson pigment obtained from cochineal.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. a vivid red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge |
| b. (as adjective): carmine paint | |
| 2. | a pigment of this colour obtained from cochineal |
| [C18: from Medieval Latin carmīnus, from Arabic qirmiz | |
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Word Origin & History
carmine
1712, from Fr. carmin, from M.L. carminium, from Arabic qirmiz "crimson," from Skt. krimiga "insect-produced," from krmi "worm, insect." The dye comes from crushed cochineal insects. Influenced in L. by minium "red lead."
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carmine car·mine (kär'mĭn, -mīn')
n.
A crimson pigment derived from cochineal.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
carmine
red or purplish-red pigment obtained from cochineal (q.v.), a red dyestuff extracted from the dried bodies of certain female scale insects native to tropical and subtropical America. Carmine was used extensively for watercolours and fine coach-body colours before the advent of synthetic colouring materials. Since then it has been used only when a natural pigment is required: for pastries, confections, cosmetics, water-soluble drug preparations, and histologic stains
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Carmine is one of the very few pigments considered safe enough for use in eye cosmetics.
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