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

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carmine

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carmine

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countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

コチニール虫から抽出される染料に基づく、赤紫色の顔料またはその誘導体。また、その色合い自体を指す。

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She added a touch of carmine to the watercolor to deepen the rose's shadow.

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彼女は薔薇の影を深めるために、水彩絵具にコチニールから得られる紫がかった赤色の顔料を少量加えた。

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

Cases of cubana salmonellosis in three other states were traced to carmine red, and supplies were called in. […] But authorities have been checking other places for carmine red, knowing that it is a favorite coloring in candy, chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrups and drugs. Manufacturers like to use it because of a legal quirk: being a natural rather than a synthetic product, it does not have to be mentioned on labels.

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