A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
carmine
Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
A scarlet colour.
originally, Dianthus caryophyllus
other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids
The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.
A rosy pink colour
Of a rosy pink or red colour.