Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A strong to vivid red.
- noun A crimson pigment derived from cochineal.
- adjective Strong to vivid red.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pure coloring matter or principle of cochineal, to which the formula C17H18O10 has been assigned. It forms a purple mass soluble in water.
- noun That one of two or more lakes of different strengths prepared from the same coloring matter which contains the greatest proportion of coloring matter to the base, which is generally alumina.
- noun Specifically A pigment made from cochineal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.
- noun A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.
- noun (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 . - noun (Chem.) a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthaleïns.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A purplish-red
pigment , made fromdye obtained from thecochineal beetle;carminic acid or any of itsderivatives - noun A
purplish -red colour , resembling that pigment. - adjective of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a variable color averaging a vivid red
- adjective of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
- verb color carmine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
Maya Gottfried: Taking the Cruelty Out of the Fall's Hottest Makeup Trends Maya Gottfried 2011
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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.
Maya Gottfried: Taking the Cruelty Out of the Fall's Hottest Makeup Trends Maya Gottfried 2011
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Red beverages -- including Campari and Tropicana Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice -- are often colored with cochineal, aka carmine, a dye derived from insects.
Anneli Rufus: Are Animals in Your Cocktail? Anneli Rufus 2011
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Red beverages -- including Campari and Tropicana Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice -- are often colored with cochineal, aka carmine, a dye derived from insects.
Anneli Rufus: Are Animals in Your Cocktail? Anneli Rufus 2011
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Red beverages -- including Campari and Tropicana Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice -- are often colored with cochineal, aka carmine, a dye derived from insects.
Anneli Rufus: Are Animals in Your Cocktail? Anneli Rufus 2011
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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?
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Some food dyes aren't vegan; red pigment can be cochineal or carmine, which is insects!
You, Too, Can Have Teletubby Poo Jen 2008
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Produced by adding aqueous ferrate of potash to an excess of dilute solutions of baryta salts, has been described as carmine-coloured and permanent.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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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.
History and Practice of the Art of Photography Henry Hunt Snelling 1856
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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
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
bilby commented on the word carmine
"Is this car mine?" asked Tom colourfully.
December 21, 2007
bilby commented on the word carmine
Sometimes hidden on the ingredients list as colouring 120 or E120.
January 5, 2011
vendingmachine commented on the word carmine
"The red color in many foods comes from crushed insects. If you see carmine or cochineal extract in an ingredients list, the product contains a little powdered bug. Aside from being an allergen for a small number of people, it's considered safe." -Daniel Tapper, author of "Food Unwrapped: Lifting the Lid on How Our Food is Really Produced".
August 11, 2015
bilby commented on the word carmine
Hungry for insects? Carmine git it!
August 11, 2015
bilby commented on the word carmine
Hey that makes two lousy puns on the same word. Bad bilby!
August 11, 2015
TankHughes commented on the word carmine
Where in the World is Carmine Sandiego?
August 11, 2015
chained_bear commented on the word carmine
Usage/historical note can be found in comment on carminic acid. Also a note on Carmen is fairly interesting.
Other than that, Carmine was my great-grandfather's name... and I'm just now realizing, that's the line of the tree that had redheads in it. Hm.
October 5, 2017