Carmine (color)

For the pigments used to make the color, see Carmine.
"Carmine red" redirects here. For the RAL color, see Carmine red (RAL).
Carmine
 
Powdered carmine pigment
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Hex triplet#960018
sRGBB (r, g, b)(150, 0, 24)
HSV (h, s, v)(350°, 100%, 59%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(31, 99, 10°)
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ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid 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.

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

  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.