Carmine (color)
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:''This article is about the [[color]]. For information about the [[pigment]] see [[Carmine]].''
{{color swatch|#960018|Carmine (<tt>#960018</tt>)|right}}
'''Carmine''' is the general term for a particularly deep [[red]] color. Some [[Ruby|Rubies]] are colored the color shown below as ''rich carmine''. The deep red color shown below 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.
==Carmine==
{{infobox color|title=Carmine|hex=960018|textcolor=white|
r=150|g= 0|b= 24|
c= 0|m=100|y= 84|k= 41|
h=350|s=100|v= 59
|source=[http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=46435 BF2S Color Guide]}}
At 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 language|English]] was in [[1523]]. <ref> 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''.)<div class="references-small"></div></ref>
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==Medium Carmine=={{infobox color|title=Medium Carmine|hex=AF4035|textcolor=white|
r=175|g= 64|b= 53|
c= 0|m=100|y= 84|k= 31|
h=350|s=100|v= 64
}}
At right is displayed the color '''medium carmine'''.
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==Deep Carmine==
{{infobox color|title=Deep Carmine|hex=A9203E|textcolor=white|
r=169|g= 32|b= 62|
c= 0|m=100|y= 44|k= 0|
h=357|s=100|v= 66
|source=[http://www.essentialvermeer.20m.com/.../palette_carmine.htm Internet]}}
At right is displayed the color '''deep carmine'''. This is the color usually called ''carmine'' in oil paints.
The source of this color is the following website of oil paints for sale:[http://www.essentialvermeer.20m.com/.../palette_carmine.htm].
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==Rich Carmine==
{{infobox color|title=Rich Carmine|hex=D70040|textcolor=white|
r=215|g= 0|b= 64|
c= 0|m=100|y= 44|k= 0|
h=356|s= 94|v= 44
|source=[http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%83%AD%E8%84%82%E7%B4%85 Internet]}}
At right is displayed the color '''rich carmine'''. This is the color shown as ''carmine'' in ''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]].
The source of this color is the red color template in the [[Chinese language|Chinese]] Wikipedia article, accessible at the left of the English Wikipedia article on [[red]] under ''zhongguoan'' in [[Chinese characters]]--since it starts with a ''z'', it is the last item on the foreign language list.
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==Carmine Red==
{{infobox color|title=Carmine Red|hex=FF0033|textcolor=black|
r=255|g= 0|b= 51|
c= 0|m=100|y= 44|k= 0|
h= 0|s=100|v= 76
|source=[http://www.wildyorkshire.co.uk/.../docs/2005/3/28.html Internet]}}
At right is displayed the color '''carmine red'''. This color is popular among [[artist]]s. This is the color usually called ''carmine'' by watercolor artists.
The source of this color is a watercolor color swatch called ''light carmine'' displayed at the following website: [http://www.wildyorkshire.co.uk/.../docs/2005/3/28.html].
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==Deep Carmine Pink==
{{infobox color|title=Deep Carmine Pink|hex=EF3038|textcolor=white|
r=239|g= 48|b= 56|
c= 0|m= 50|y= 54|k= 0|
h= 10|s= 80|v= 80
|source=[http://www.vintagegardens.com/rose_content.aspx?cat_.. Internet]}}
At right is displayed the color '''deep carmine pink'''. This color was used for men's shirts during the [[psychedelic art|psychedelic]] [[1960]]s.
The source of this color is picture of a "deep carmine pink" flower at the following website: [http://www.vintagegardens.com/rose_content.aspx?cat_..]
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==Carmine Pink==
{{infobox color|title=Carmine Pink|hex=EB4C42|textcolor=black|
r=235|g= 76|b= 66|
c= 0|m= 55|y= 49|k= 0|
h= 0|s= 75|v= 80
}}
At right is displayed the color '''carmine pink'''.
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==Light Carmine Pink==
{{infobox color|title=Light Carmine Pink|hex=E66771|textcolor=black|
r=230|g=103|b= 97|
c= 0|m= 60|y= 44|k= 0|
h=350|s= 70|v= 80
|source=[http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-p.htm ISCC-NBS]}}
At right is displayed the color '''light carmine pink'''.
This color is equivalent to the [[Prismacolor]] colored pencil color called ''Carmine Red'' (PC 926).
The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See sample of the color Carmine Pink [called a shade of ''Carmine Rose''] (color sample #27) displayed on indicated page:[http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-p.htm].
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==Shades of Carmine Color Comparison Chart==
<ul>
<li style = "background-color: #e66761;"> Light Carmine Pink (Hex: #E66761) (RGB: 230, 103, 97)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #eb4c42;"> Carmine Pink (Hex: #EB4C42) (RGB: 235, 76, 66)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #ef3038;"> Deep Carmine Pink (Hex: #EF3038) (RGB: 239, 48, 36)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #ff0033;"> Carmine Red (Hex: #FF0033) (RGB: 255, 0, 51)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #d70040; color: #ffffff"> Rich Carmine (Chinese Carmine) (Hex: #D70040) (RGB: 215, 0, 64)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #a9203e; color: #ffffff"> Deep Carmine (Hex: #A9203E) (RGB: 169, 32, 62)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #af4035; color: #ffffff"> Medium Carmine (Hex: #AF4035) (RGB: 175, 64, 53)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #960018; color: #ffffff"> Carmine (Hex: #960018) (RGB: 150, 0, 24)</li>
</ul>
==Carmine in Human Culture==
{{Unreferenced|date=March 2007}}
'''[[Forensic science|Crime Scene Investigation]]'''
* The name is often applied to descriptions of [[blood]], because it is the color of dried blood.
'''[[Sports]]'''
* ''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]].
'''[[Television]]'''
* The color of the [[Redshirt (stock 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.
{{Shades of red|Carmine}}
==References==
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[[de:Karmin]]
[[es:Carmín]]
[[fa:جگری]]
[[fr:Carmin]]
[[ru:Кармин (цвет)]]
[[vi:Đỏ yên chi]]
[[zh:胭脂紅]]