Carmine is the general term for a particularly deepred color. Somerubies are colored the color shown in the color chart below asrich carmine. The deep 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 color carmine comes from thepigmentcarmine, which is a deepred color obtained from thecarminic acid produced by somescale insects, such as thecochineal and thePolish cochineal, and is used as a general term for a particularly deepred color. The pigment carmine is used in the manufacture of artificial flowers, paints, rouge, yogurt, cosmetics, food additives, and crimson ink.

The first recorded use ofcarmine as a color name inEnglish was in 1523.^[1]

• Since carmine is the color of driedblood, the color is sometimes used to representcrime.
• In theStar Trek TV show, the person who the script dictated was to be killed was usually chosen from theengineering part of the crew of the starship Enterprise, who wore carmine red shirts. As a result, theredshirt is theactor playing the character in aTV Show ormovie who the script dictates is to be killed.

• List of colors

1. ↑Maerz and PaulA Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192 Color Sample: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample K5 (Note: The color sample matches the color shown above asRich Carmine.)
2. ↑^2.02.1Gallego, 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

• Shades of red