1
: a rich red to crimson pigment made from cochineal
2
: a vivid red
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Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
The elegant 50- to 130-petal count, very large blooms are a dark carmine pink.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
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He’s painted that cloth in carmine, and that water, and the transition of different aspects of fauna, or flesh, so much in his life that he’s developed a kind of shorthand way of doing it.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
The elegant 50- to 130-petal count, very large blooms are a dark carmine pink.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
The set comes in black, beige, carmine red, sunset orange and more.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
He’s painted that cloth in carmine, and that water, and the transition of different aspects of fauna, or flesh, so much in his life that he’s developed a kind of shorthand way of doing it.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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“Carmine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carmine. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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carmine
noun
car·mine
ˈkär-mən 
-ˌmīn
: a vivid red
Medical Definition
carmine
noun
car·mine
ˈkär-mən, -ˌmīn
: a vivid red lake consisting essentially of an aluminum salt of carminic acid made from cochineal and used as a biological stain and as coloring in foods, drugs, and cosmetics
also
: any of various coloring matters (as indigo carmine) other than carmine
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