🟥 Red-dye related 🟥 A red dye

kermesic

9.9

Having a deep red color like the dye made from small red insects

adjective

Archaic

: carmesí

The artist used a kermesic pigment in her latest painting.

Examples

Many ancient textiles featured kermesic dyes.
The museum displayed a robe dyed with kermesic tones from natural sources.
The artist chose a kermesic pigment to achieve a rich, historical red in her painting.
Ancient textiles often featured kermesic hues prized for their vibrant color.
The artist chose a kermesic pigment to achieve a rich, historical red in her painting.
Ancient textiles often featured kermesic hues prized for their vibrant color.
The museum displayed a robe dyed with kermesic tones from natural sources.

Synonyms

carminic

vskermesic

9.3

Having a deep red color like red paint or lipstick

refers to red dye from a specific insect source rather than general insect pigment

How Red

crimson

58 3.4

kermesic

Archaic

9.9

scarlet

35 2.3

red

∞ 1.0

pink

43 1.0

rose

1.5

Surface Forms

kermesic positive

Morphology

kermesic = kermes (semi-transparent) = kermes + ic

The suffix '-ic' clearly means 'relating to', but the base 'kermes' is a rare technical term, so the meaning is clear only to learners familiar with the dye term.

Etymology

The word kermesic comes from kermes, the rich red dye made from tiny insects and is the same root as the English word crimson. So, kermesic describes something that has the 'red' color or looks like that long-used dye.