Violet 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.

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.

Violet (color)

Violet is the color of light at the short wavelength end of the visible spectrum. It is one of the seven colors that Isaac Newton labeled when dividing the spectrum of visible light in 1704. Violet light has a wavelength between approximately 380 and 435 nanometers. The color's name is derived from the Viola genus of flowers.

violet

Noun

1. A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; similar-looking plants and flowers.
2. A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.

Adjective

1. Of a violet colour.

carmine

Noun

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

Adjective

1. Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.