The Collaborative International Dictionary
Carmine \Car"mine\, n. [F. carmin (cf. Sp. carmin, It. carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See Crimson.]
A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.
A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.
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(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.
Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthale["i]ns.
Wiktionary
n. A pigment obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance.
Usage examples of "carmine red".
Each photoreceptive sail was a different metallic color: carmine red, cobalt blue, deep purple, emerald green.
The colors' names -- sandy ocher and carmine red and indigo -- rolled into Susannah's mind as if she were reading them off her paint box.
On the man's feet were what looked to be cowboy boots of a deep carmine red.
The meal was served on his garden balcony, under a screen of gray metaphotic glass through which Bhutra appeared as concentric rings of carmine red, pale green, yellow-white, bitter copper-blue.
She tasted of wine and lust, of carmine red and throbbing violins.