Definition of Carmine

Adjective: carmine  'kaa(r),mIn or kaa(r)-min

1. Of a colour at the end of the colour spectrum (next to orange); resembling the colour of blood, cherries, tomatoes or rubies
   "The picture would come through dark with a carmine tinge";
   - red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet, rufescent, reddy

Noun: carmine  'kaa(r),mIn or kaa(r)-min

1. A variable colour averaging a vivid red
   - cardinal

Verb: carmine  'kaa(r),mIn or kaa(r)-min

1. Colour carmine

See also:
carminatives
carmines

Anagrams containing the word carmine

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