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carmine
(kɑːʳmaɪn, -mɪn)
colour
Carmine is a deep bright-red colour.
[literary] ...a tulip with carmine petals.
carmine in British English
(ˈkɑːmaɪn)
noun
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
Word origin
C18: from Medieval Latin carmīnus, from Arabic qirmiz kermescarmine in American English
(ˈkɑrmɪn; ˈkɑrˌmaɪn)
noun
1.
a red or purplish-red pigment obtained mainly from cochineal
2.
its color
adjective
3.
red or purplish-red; crimson
Word origin
Fr carmin < ML carminium < Ar qirmiz, crimson (< Sans kṛimiǧā, insect-produced < kṛmi, worm, insect: the dye comes from crushed insects: see cochineal); form infl. by L minium, cinnabar redImage ofcarmine
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