Carmine

Carmine
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#960018
sRGBB  (r, g, b)	(150, 0, 24)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 100, 84, 41)
Source	[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Carmine (/ˈkɑːrmɪn/ or /ˈkɑːrmaɪn/), also called cochineal, cochineal extract, crimson lake or carmine lake, natural red 4,C.I. 75470, or E120, is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium salt of carminic acid; it is also a general term for a particularly deep-red color. The pigment is produced from some scale insects such as the cochineal scale and certain Porphyrophora species (Armenian cochineal and Polish cochineal). Carmine is used in the manufacture of artificial flowers, paints, crimson ink, rouge, and other cosmetics, some medications, and is routinely added to food products such as yogurt, candy and certain brands of juice, the most notable ones being those of the ruby-red variety.

The English word "carmine" is derived from the French word carmin (12 c.), from Medieval Latin carminium, from Arabic qirmiz ("crimson"), which itself derives from Middle Persian carmir ("red, crimson"). The Persian term carmir might come from Sanskrit krimiga ("insect-produced"), from krmi ("worm, insect") (kirm also means "worm" in Persian) The term may also be influenced in Latin by minium ("red lead, cinnabar"), said to be of Iberian origin.

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