Carmine (color)

Product Name:Carmine (color)

Product Description:Carmine is the general term for a particularly deep red color. Some Rubies are colored the color shown below as rich carmine. The deep red color shown below 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.

Product Uses:Carmine has been used as a colorant even in the ancient civilizations be it Egyptian or the Maya or the Inca. At one point the worth of this color was more than that of real gold. It is used as a food colorant, a dye and body colorant. Canary Islands and Peru are the major centers for the cultivation of the cochineal insects known as the best source of carmine.