Carmine
Pigment, aluminum salt of carminic acid / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the pigment. For other uses, see Carmine (color) and Carmine (disambiguation).
Carmine (/ˈkɑːrmən, ˈkɑːrmaɪn/) – also called cochineal (when it is extracted from the cochineal insect), cochineal extract, crimson lake, or carmine lake – is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid.[1] Specific code names for the pigment include natural red 4, C.I. 75470, or E120. Carmine is also a general term for a particularly deep-red color.