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Carmine vs. Cochineal — What's the Difference?

Carmine vs. Cochineal — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Carmine and Cochineal

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Carmine

Carmine ( or ), also called cochineal (for the insect from which it is extracted), cochineal extract, crimson lake or carmine lake, natural red 4, C.I. 75470, or E120, is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. It is also a general term for a particularly deep-red color.

Cochineal

The cochineal ( KOCH-ə-NEEL, KOH-; KOCH-ə-neel, KOH-; scientific name: Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America through North America (Mexico and the Southwest United States), this insect lives on cacti in the genus Opuntia, feeding on plant moisture and nutrients.

Carmine

A vivid crimson colour
Carmine roses

Cochineal

A red colorant, whose primary constituent is carminic acid, that is made of the dried and pulverized bodies of female cochineal insects and is used to color food and cosmetics.

Carmine

A strong to vivid red.
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Cochineal

A vivid red.

Carmine

A crimson pigment derived from cochineal.

Cochineal

(entomology) A species of insect (Dactylopius coccus).

Carmine

Strong to vivid red.

Cochineal

A vivid red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects.

Carmine

A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.

Cochineal

The vivid red color of this dye.

Carmine

A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

Cochineal

Possessing a vivid red color, as produced from dying with cochineal.

Carmine

Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

Cochineal

A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.

Carmine

A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.

Cochineal

A red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects

Carmine

A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.

Cochineal

Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye

Carmine

The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; - hence called also carminic acid.

Carmine

A variable color averaging a vivid red

Carmine

Color carmine

Carmine

Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

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