carminen.adj.
/ˈkɑːmɪn/ 1. (a) A beautiful red or crimson pigment obtained from cochineal. (b) Chemistry. The colouring matter of cochineal; = carminic adj. acid.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > of natural bodies
India lake1652
carmine1712
cochenillin1819
santalin1833
carthamic acid1838
anthocyanin1853
phlobaphene1862
brazilin1863
carthamin1863
carminic acid1876
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > other red pigments
rosetc1450
crimson?a1475
patise1589
sandyx1601
lake1616
lac1682
red lac1682
light red1692
carmine1712
rose pink1732
Venetian red1753
fire-red1798
pink saucer1804
chica1818
Florentine lake1822
French red1844
Antwerp red1851
Paris lake1866
carajura1874
cadmium red1886
Chinese vermilion1886
Chinese red1892
terra rosa1897
vermilionette1897
Derby red1904
Monastral1936
the world > life > biology > substance > pigment > [noun] > human or animal pigments > red > carmine
carmine1712
cochenillin1819
carminic acid1876
borax carmine1887
c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon) 93 Lacca..de qua et urina humana fit carminum.]
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. i. ii. 2/2 It is of no other use, that I know of..but to make Carmine.
1756 Connoisseur No. 110 Fixing a high duty upon rouge and carmine.
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. ii. iii. iii. 180 Carmine is the lake obtained from cochineal by means of alum.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 39 Weak acetic solution of carmine [has] no power of colouring living protoplasm.
2. transferred. As the name of a colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > deep red or crimson
crimson madderOE
purpureOE
murrey1305
tuly1398
oxblood?1440
crimson?a1475
sanguinea1500
carnation?1533
murrey colour1537
purple-red1565
ruby1572
sanguine red1601
velvet-crimson1646
lake1660
lac1682
rubine1704
madder red1728
ruby-red1738
granate1750
palm-colour1773
morone1777
carmine1799
vinaceous1819
incarnadine1821
crimsoning1833
pigeon's blood1865
solferinoc1865
Burgundy1881
sang-de-bœuf1881
vermilion-crimson1882
claret1884
royal red1890
wine1895
pigeon ruby red1897
Bordeaux1904
peony1914
madder crimson1991
1799 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (ed. 2) I. 583 The azure insect deposited in a goblet of carmine.
1828 R. Southey Poet. Epist. to A. Cunningham To give his cheeks that deep carmine engrain'd.
1870 E. Marshall C. Kingscote 30 A sky where amber melted into the softest carmine.
3.
a. attributive or as adj. Of this colour; deep crimson. carmine spar = carminite n.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > deep red or crimson
blood-redeOE
purpleOE
bloodyOE
purpurine1300
sanguinea1382
tuly1398
crimsonc1400
murreyc1400
purpurec1400
sanguinolentc1450
cramoisy1480
ruby-redc1487
rubya1500
sanguineousc1520
sanguine-coloured1552
blood-coloured1567
rubine1576
purple-red1578
rubied?1594
incarnadine1605
Tyrian?1614
rubiousa1616
murrey-coloured1657
haematine1658
vinaceous1688
carmine1737
claret-coloured1779
ensanguined1785
peony1810
sanguinaceous1816
gory1822
crimsony1830
vinous1834
laky1849
grenat1851
madder1852
wine-dark1855
pigeon's blood1870
poppy crimson1879
claret1882
vinous1894
alizarin1923
wine1950
1737–59 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. Anchusa..2..Perennial wild Borage with a Carmine Flower.
1882 Garden 1 Apr. 210/1 The fine bright carmine flowers of this plant.
b. in combinations, qualifying other adjectives of colour, as carmine-crimson, carmine-purple, etc.
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1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. i. 14 A most beautiful carmine red and fibrous secretion.
1882 Garden 21 Oct. 354/1 Bracts of a bright carmine-crimson colour.
1882 Garden 14 Oct. 347/2 Dahlias..rich carmine-purple.
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