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Related topics: Colourscar·mine /ˈkɑːmən, -maɪn $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [uncountable] literary CCa dark red colour 紫红色，洋红色，胭脂红 SYN crimson —carmine adjectiveExamples from the Corpuscarmine• Its flowers have needle-thin petals in differing degrees of white, rose, pink and carmine.• The granite was gradually being dyed carmine by the progress of the dying sun.• The filthy, carmine, oily water.• Immense carmine portraits of Marx, Engels and Lenin were hoisted as witnesses and validators of the pageant.• Light blue, No. 147, and rose carmine, No. 124, were used on the flower heads.• A special carmine stick replaced rouge on the cheeks followed by a dusting of face powder.Origin carmine (1700-1800) French carmin, from Medieval Latin carminium, from Arabic qirmiz insect from which red color is obtained + Latin minium ( → MINIATURE2)car·mine nounChineseSyllable red colour a dark Corpus |