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Very slightly purplish, deep red

For the pigments used to make the color, seeCarmine.

"Carmine red" redirects here. For the RAL color, seeCarmine red (RAL).

Carmine

Powdered carmine pigment
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#960018
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(150, 0, 24)
HSV (h,s,v)	(350°, 100%, 59%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(31, 99, 10°)
Source	Color Register^[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Carmine color is the general term for some deepred colors that are very slightlypurplish but are generallyslightly closer to pure red than the colorcrimson is. Somerubies have the color shown below asrich carmine. The deep dark red color shown at right ascarmine is the color of the raw unprocessedpigment, but lighter, richer, or brighter colors are produced when the raw pigment is processed, some of which are shown below.

The first recorded use ofcarmine as a color name inEnglish was in 1523.^[2]

Variations of carmine

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Wild watermelon

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Wild Watermelon

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FC6C85
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(252, 108, 133)
HSV (h,s,v)	(350°, 57%, 99%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(64, 101, 4°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The colorwild watermelon is displayed at right.

Ultra red is a color formulated byCrayola in 1972. In 1990, the name of the color was changed towild watermelon.

With a hue code of 350, this color is within the range of carmine colors.

This color is supposed to befluorescent, but there is no mechanism for displaying fluorescence on a computer screen.

Radical red

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Radical Red

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF355E
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(255, 53, 94)
HSV (h,s,v)	(348°, 79%, 100%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(57, 145, 6°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

TheCrayola crayon colorradical red is displayed at right.

The colorradical 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

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Paradise Pink

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E63E62
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(230, 62, 98)
HSV (h,s,v)	(347°, 73%, 90%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(53, 119, 5°)
Source	Pantone TPX^[3]^[4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the colorparadise pink.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-1755 TPX—Paradise Pink.^[5]

Since it has a hue code of 347, the colorparadise pink is within the range of carmine colors.

Rich carmine

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Rich Carmine

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#D70040
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(215, 0, 64)
HSV (h,s,v)	(342°, 100%, 84%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(45, 137, 6°)
Source	Maerz and Paul^[6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Therich carmine color tone displayed at right matches the color shown ascarmine in the 1930 bookA Dictionary of Color (cited below). This color is also calledChinese carmine. This is the color usually referred to ascarmine infashion andinterior design.

Spanish carmine

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Spanish Carmine

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#D10047
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(209, 0, 71)
HSV (h,s,v)	(340°, 100%, 82%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(44, 130, 5°)
Source	Gallego and Sanz^[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Spanish carmine is the color that is calledcarmín (theSpanish word for "carmine") in theGuía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego andJuan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in theHispanophone realm.

Pictorial carmine

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Pictorial Carmine

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C30B4E
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(195, 11, 78)
HSV (h,s,v)	(338°, 94%, 76%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(42, 115, 2°)
Source	Gallego and Sanz^[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Pictorial carmine is the color that is calledCarmín pictórico (Spanish for "pictorial carmine") in theGuía 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 inpainting.

Japanese carmine

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Japanese Carmine

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9D2933
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(157, 41, 51)
HSV (h,s,v)	(355°, 74%, 62%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(36, 85, 10°)
Source	JTC
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The colorJapanese carmine is shown at right.

The name of this shade of carmine inJapanese isenji-iro (臙脂色), literally "rouge color", asenji (臙脂) meansrouge, the cosmetics. This term was later used to form the name of the New World insect,cochineal, used to make red dyes:enji-mushi (臙脂虫).

Carmine in human culture

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Crime scene investigation

The name is often applied to descriptions ofblood, 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 andgolden yellow are the official colors of Italian football/soccer teamAS Roma.
Carmine red and white are the traditional colors of the Latvia national teams.

Television

In Chapter 37 ofHouse 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."

Film

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

National flags

Carmine is the color used in theflag of Latvia.

References

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^"Carmine color - #960018 - The Official Register of Color Names".color-register.org. Retrieved2025-03-10.
^The color displayed in the color box above matches the color calledRich Carmine in the 1930 bookA Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul. New York, McGraw-Hill, p. 29, Plate 3, Color Sample K5.
^Pantone TPX
^Type the words "Paradise Pink" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
^Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder--Type the words "Paradise Pink" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
^The color displayed in the color box above matches the color calledcarmine in the 1930 bookA Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul. New York, McGraw-Hill, p. 29, Plate 3, Color Sample K5.
^^a ^bGallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005).Guía de coloraciones (Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005).Guide to Colorations) Madrid: H. Blume.ISBN 84-89840-31-8

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Alizarin crimson	Amaranth	Barn red	Bittersweet shimmer	Blood red	Brink pink	Burgundy	Candy apple red	Cantaloupe melon	Cardinal

Carmine	Carnelian	Cerise	Chili red	Chocolate cosmos	Cinnabar	Claret	Coquelicot	Coral	Cordovan

Crimson	Dark red	Falun red	Fire brick	Fire engine red	Folly	Garnet	Imperial red	Iron oxide red	Jasper

Light coral	Light red	Madder	Mahogany	Maroon	Misty rose	Off-red (RGB)	Old rose	Oxblood	Persian red

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Redwood	Rose	Rose ebony	Rose red	Rose taupe	Rose vale	Rosewood	Rosso corsa	Rosy brown	Ruby

Rust	Rusty red	Salmon	Salmon pink	Scarlet	Spanish red	Tea rose	Tomato	Turkey red	Tuscan red

Venetian red	Vermilion	Wine

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