carmine-red

Amusement curled the corners of her carmine-red mouth.

The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

But the most curious circumstance is, that it secretes from the skin of its belly, when handled, a most beautiful carmine-red fibrous matter, which stains ivory and paper in so permanent a manner, that the tint is retained with all its brightness to the present day: I am quite ignorant of the nature and use of this secretion.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

But the most curious circumstance is, that it secretes from the skin of its belly, when handled, a most beautiful carmine-red fibrous matter, which stains ivory and paper in so permanent a manner, that the tint is retained with all its brightness to the present day: I am quite ignorant of the nature and use of this secretion.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

And I must admit, too, I was feeling maybe a bit dreamy as I jumped the bistro's low glass fence and ambled toward that car, toward the lovely carmine-red lips inside, which caught my eyes in particular, lips visible through the windshield, the wipers of which, for an unknown reason, were flipping back and forth.

Shampoo Planet Coupland, Douglas 1992

On the southern edge of its border in Arizona, a canyon was gouged out of a carmine-red sandstone mass.

Nightway Janet Dailey 1981

On the southern edge of its border in Arizona, a canyon was gouged out of a carmine-red sandstone mass.

Nightway Janet Dailey 1981

On the southern edge of its border in Arizona, a canyon was gouged out of a carmine-red sandstone mass.

Nightway Janet Dailey 1981

On the southern edge of its border in Arizona, a canyon was gouged out of a carmine-red sandstone mass.

Nightway Janet Dailey 1981

The antique lettering of the title alone, in which words of carmine-red alternate with the 'letters blake,' the counterpart portrait, and the neat red-illumined capitals of every chapter, not to mention the type and binding, all render this volume one of the most appropriate of gift-books for a friend of true scholarly tastes.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

The _Philatelic Record_ for March, 1888, says "The 10c is now in carmine-red", and again in May that "the 5 cents has changed its color from bronze-green to greenish grey."

The Stamps of Canada Bertram William Henry Poole 1918