carmine

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Francesco Totti won a Golden Shoe and Serie A's Capocannoniere, but was a renowned playmaker in carmine Roma red.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Some parts gleam carmine, a reminder of summer’s first ripeness; other parts thin to ember-orange, where the flesh has given itself up to time.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025

For years he’s been reviving the use of natural rather than synthetic textile dyes, notably including carmine.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

Some of Mexico’s most picturesque and imposing colonial cities, like Oaxaca, were essentially built on the wealth derived from cochineal dye, also called carmine, and known as “grana cochinilla” in Spanish.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023

As I fixed pearls in her hair and brushed carmine on her pale cheeks, the queen was impassive and did not meet my eye.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein