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<div style="float:right; font-size:90%; text-align:center; margin-right:0.5em; margin-left:1.5em; margin-bottom:1em; background-color:#ffffff; border:solid 1px #000000; width: 120px"> <div style="height:120px; width:120px; background-color:#960018; border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;"> </div> Carmine </div> Carmine (IPA: []), also called Crimson Lake, Cochineal, Natural Red 4, C.I. 75470 or E120, is a pigment of a bright red color obtained from the carminic acid produced by some scale insects, such as the cochineal and the Polish cochineal, and is used as a general term for a particularly deep red color. Carmine is used in the manufacture of artificial flowers, paints, rouge, cosmetics, food additives, and crimson ink.