Carmine (color)
| Carmine | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #960018 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (150, 0, 24) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (350°, 100%, 59[1]%) |
| Source | Pourpre.com | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Carmine is the general term for some deep red colors that are very slightly purplish but are generally closer to red than the color crimson is. Some Rubies are colored the color shown below as rich carmine. The deep dark red color shown at right 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.
Above to the 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. [2]
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[edit] Variations of carmine
[edit] Rich Carmine
| Carmine (M&P) | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #D70040 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (215, 0, 64) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (342°, 100%, 84[3]%) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul [4] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The rich carmine color tone displayed at right matches the color shown as carmine in the 1930 book 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 in human culture
- The name is often applied to descriptions of blood, because it is the color of dried blood.
- Carmine is one of the colors mentioned in Donovan's Wear Your Love Like Heaven Wear Your Love Like Heaven
- 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] See also
[edit] References
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #960018 (Carmine:
- ^ 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.)
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #D70040 (Rich Carmine:
- ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called carmine in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color carmine is displayed on page 29, Plate 3, Color Sample K5.
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| Amaranth | Auburn | Burgundy | Cardinal | Carmine | Cerise | Chestnut | Crimson | Dark red | Electric crimson |
| Fire brick | Flame | Folly | Fuchsia | Lust | Magenta | Raspberry | Red | Red-violet | Redwood |
| Rose | Rosewood | Ruby | Rust | Scarlet | Terra cotta | Tuscan red | Vermilion | Wine | |
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