carmine

carmine has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.
• n.. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.
• n.. 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.
• n.. a variable color averaging a vivid red
• v.. color carmine
• a.. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies