Carmine color is the general term for some deep red colors that are ''very slightly'' purplish but are generally ''slightly'' closer to red than the color

crimson Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, ''Kermes vermilio'', but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colo ...

is. Some rubies are colored 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. The first recorded use of ''carmine'' as a color name in English was in 1523.

Variations of carmine

Wild watermelon

The color wild watermelon is displayed at right. Ultra red is a color formulated by Crayola in 1972. In 1990, the name of the color was changed to ''wild watermelon''. With a hue code of 350, this color is within the range of carmine colors. This color is supposed to be fluorescent, but there is no mechanism for displaying fluorescence on a computer screen.

Radical red

The Crayola crayon color radical red is displayed at right. The color ''radical red'' was formulated by Crayola in 1990. With a hue code of 348, this color is within the range of carmine colors. This color is supposed to be fluorescent, but there is no mechanism for displaying fluorescence on a computer screen.

Paradise pink

Displayed at right is the color paradise pink. The source of this color is the " Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-1755 TPX—Paradise Pink.Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder--Type the words "Paradise Pink" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
/ref> Since it has a hue code of 347, the color ''paradise pink'' is within the range of carmine colors.

Rich carmine

The rich carmine color tone displayed at right matches the color shown as ''carmine'' in the 1930 book ''A Dictionary of Color'' (cited below). This color is also called Chinese carmine. This is the color usually referred to as ''carmine'' in

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and interior design.

Spanish carmine

Spanish carmine is the color that is called ''Carmin'' (the Spanish word for "carmine") in the ''Guía de coloraciones'' (''Guide to colorations'') by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the

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realm.

Pictorial carmine

Pictorial carmine is the color that is called ''Carmín pictórico'' (Spanish for "pictorial carmine") in the ''Guía de coloraciones'' (''Guide to colorations'') by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm. This is a typical tone of carmine pigment used in painting.

Japanese carmine

The color Japanese carmine is shown at right. The name of this shade of carmine in Japanese is , literally " cochineal/ rouge color", as means rouge, the cosmetics. The insect is called .

Carmine in human culture

Crime scene investigation * The name is often applied to descriptions of blood, because the dark carmine color of the raw pigment shown at the top of the page is the color of dried blood. Music * Carmine is one of the colors mentioned in Donovan's " Wear Your Love Like Heaven". * Carmine red is second of two colors mentioned in Katatonia's song " Lethean". Sports * Carmine red and golden yellow are the official colors of Italian football/soccer team AS Roma. Television * In Chapter 37 of '' House of Cards'' Season 3, during an interview between author Thomas Yates and Claire Underwood, during which Claire Underwood is having blood drawn, Underwood asks what color could be used to describe the color of the blood flowing through the tube, and Yates says, "carmine." Underwood responds, "You must be a writer."

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* In '' Dragon Ball Super: Superhero'', following the naming trend of all major figures within the Red Ribbon Army, the loyal assistant to Commander Magenta, is named Carmine, who also wears a suit of the same color.

National flag A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a given nation. It is flown by the government of that nation, but usually can also be flown by its citizens. A national flag is typically designed with specific meanings for its colours ...

s * Carmine is the color used in the flag of Latvia.

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