Carmine (color)
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Carmine (#960018)
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.
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[edit] Carmine
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| Hex triplet | #960018 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (150, 0, 24) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (350°, 100%, 59%) |
| Source | [Unsourced] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color carmine. This is the color of the raw unprocessed carmine pigment.
The first recorded use of carmine as a color name in English was in 1523. [1]
[edit] Medium Carmine
| Medium Carmine | ||
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| Hex triplet | #AF4035 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (175, 64, 53) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (350°, 100%, 64%) |
| Source | [Unsourced] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color medium carmine.
[edit] Deep Carmine
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| Hex triplet | #A9203E | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (169, 32, 62) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (357°, 100%, 66%) |
| Source | Internet | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color deep carmine. This is the color usually called carmine in oil paints.
The source of this color is the following website of oil paints for sale:[1].
[edit] Rich Carmine
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| Hex triplet | #D70040 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (215, 0, 64) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (356°, 94%, 44%) |
| Source | Internet | |
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At right is displayed the color rich carmine. This is the color shown as carmine in A Dictionary of Color (cited below).
This color is also called Chinese carmine.
This is the color usually called carmine in fashion and interior design.
[edit] Carmine Red
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| Hex triplet | #FF0033 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (255, 0, 51) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (0°, 100%, 76%) |
| Source | Internet | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color carmine red. This color is popular among artists. This is the color usually called carmine by watercolor artists.
The source of this color is a watercolor color swatch called light carmine displayed at the following website: [2].
[edit] Deep Carmine Pink
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| Hex triplet | #EF3038 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (239, 48, 56) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (10°, 80%, 80%) |
| Source | Internet | |
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At right is displayed the color deep carmine pink. This color was used for men's shirts during the psychedelic 1960s.
The source of this color is a picture of a "deep carmine pink" flower at the following website: [3]
[edit] Carmine Pink
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| Hex triplet | #EB4C42 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (235, 76, 66) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (0°, 75%, 80%) |
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At right is displayed the color carmine pink.
[edit] Light Carmine Pink
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| Hex triplet | #E66771 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (230, 103, 97) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (350°, 70%, 80%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS | |
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At right is displayed the color light carmine pink.
This color is equivalent to the Prismacolor colored pencil color called Carmine Red (PC 926).
The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See sample of the color Carmine Pink [called a shade of Carmine Rose] (color sample #27) displayed on indicated page:[4].
[edit] Carmine in culture
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- The name is often applied to descriptions of blood, because it is the color of dried blood.
- Carmines is occasionally used as a nickname for the Boston Red Sox.
- Carmine is an original colorway of the Air Jordan VI sneaker from 1991.
- The color of the Redshirt (character) of Star Trek's shirts is Carmine. In addition, as a play on this, a quickly-dying soldier in Gears of War is named Carmine.
[edit] Carmine in nature
Carmine is used to describe the appearance of the Northern and Southern Carmine Bee-eaters.
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| Alizarin | Amaranth | Burgundy | Cardinal | Carmine | Carnelian | Cerise | Chestnut | Coral red | Crimson |
| Dark pink | Falu red | Fire engine red | Fuchsia | Magenta | Maroon | Mauve taupe | Orange-red | Persian red | Pink |
| Persimmon | Red | Red-violet | Rose | Rose madder | Ruby | Rust | Puce | Sangria | Scarlet |
| Terra cotta | Upsdell red | Venetian red | Vermilion | ||||||
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[edit] References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A 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 as Rich Carmine.)
