Carmine (color)

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Carmine
 
Carmine.png
Powdered carmine pigment
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #960018
sRGB B (r, g, b)(150, 0, 24)
HSV (h, s, v)(350°, 100%, 59%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(31, 99, 10°)
Source Pourpre.com
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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 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.

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The first recorded use of carmine as a color name in English was in 1523. [1]

Variations of carmine

Wild watermelon

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

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

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

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

Paradise Pink
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #E63E62
sRGB B (r, g, b)(230, 62, 98)
HSV (h, s, v)(347°, 73%, 90%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(53, 119, 5°)
Source Pantone TPX [2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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. [3]

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

Rich carmine

Rich Carmine
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #D70040
sRGB B (r, g, b)(215, 0, 64)
HSV (h, s, v)(342°, 100%, 84%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(45, 137, 6°)
SourceMaerz and Paul [4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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 fashion and interior design.

Spanish carmine

Spanish Carmine
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #D10047
sRGB B (r, g, b)(209, 0, 71)
HSV (h, s, v)(340°, 100%, 82%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(44, 130, 5°)
SourceGallego and Sanz [5]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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 Hispanophone realm.

Pictorial carmine

Pictorial Carmine
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #C30B4E
sRGB B (r, g, b)(195, 11, 78)
HSV (h, s, v)(338°, 94%, 76%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(42, 115, 2°)
SourceGallego and Sanz [6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

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

The color Japanese carmine is shown at right.

The name of this shade of carmine in Japanese is enji-iro (臙脂色), literally "rouge color", as enji ( 臙脂 ) means rouge, 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

Crime scene investigation

Music

Sports

Television

Film

National flags

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References

  1. The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called Rich Carmine in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul. New York, McGraw-Hill, p. 29, Plate 3, Color Sample K5.
  2. Type the words "Paradise Pink" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
  3. Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder--Type the words "Paradise Pink" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
  4. The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called carmine in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul. New York, McGraw-Hill, p. 29, Plate 3, Color Sample K5.
  5. Gallego, 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
  6. Gallego, 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