Japanese Carmine

Deep red from the cochineal beetle, a luxury insect.

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Japanese Carmine is a rich red, close to maroon.

It can be described as rich, strong, warm and saturated.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Japanese Carmine

Carmine

Carmine – also called cochineal, cochineal extract, crimson lake, or carmine lake – is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. Specific code names for the pigment include natural red 4, C.I. 75470, or E120. Carmine is also a general term for a particularly deep-red color.

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Carmine (color)

Carmine color is the general term for some deep red colors that are very slightly purplish but are generally slightly closer to pure red than the color crimson is. Some rubies have the color shown below as rich carmine. The deep dark red color shown at right as carmine is the color of the raw unprocessed pigment, but lighter, richer, or brighter colors are produced when the raw pigment is processed, some of which are shown below.

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carmine

Noun

A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

Adjective

Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

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Its neighbors.

Cochineal Red, #9d2933 Dorset Naga, #9d2c31 Haute Couture, #a0252a Ruby Slippers, #9c2e33 Alabama Crimson, #a32638 Rustic Rouge, #9d2626 Cut Ruby, #a01c2d Red Brown, #a52a2f Cherry Kiss, #a32e39 Tamed Beast, #9c2626 Dòu Shā Sè Red, #a52939 Show-Stopper, #a42e37

Japanese Carmine

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Japanese Carmine

Carmine

Carmine (color)

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Its complements.

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