carmine vs lilac

carmine

noun
  • 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 

adj
  • Of the purplish red colour shade carmine. 

lilac

noun
  • A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers. 

  • A flower of the lilac shrub. 

  • A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers. 

adj
  • Having a pale purple colour. 

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