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Literary analysis:

In literature, the word carmine is employed as a rich and versatile descriptor that evokes both vivid color and layered meaning. Authors use it to paint intense visual images—from the bright tint that heightens the look of red fruits [1] and delicate flower buds [2, 3] to the striking nuances of human features, such as a complexion brushed with carmine or lips rendered in a deep, evocative shade [4, 5, 6]. Beyond literal descriptions, carmine appears in technical and historical contexts, underscoring its longstanding association with artistry and craft in both the natural world and human ingenuity [7, 8, 9]. This multifaceted use illustrates how carmine not only colors physical objects but also enriches narrative moods and historical references in literary works [10, 11, 12].

A little carmine may be used to heighten the color of red fruits.
— from The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
The flower buds are a little tinted with a lake or carmine color.
— from Talks About Flowers. by Wellcome, M. D., Mrs.
Flowers rich carmine, in a terminal spike.
— from Ornithological Biography, Volume 1 (of 5) An Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America by John James Audubon
His complexion was dusty blue, his nose tinged with carmine, his eyes watery, and his girth aldermanic.
— from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women by Elbert Hubbard
she said, gazing up at him with her own eyes bright with wonder, and her cheeks glowing with the delicate carmine of the frosty air.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott
She pecked at his cheek with her carmine lips.
— from What's-His-Name by George Barr McCutcheon
Solution of carmine sufficient to tint. Make paste.
— from Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes
Dissolve the carmine in the ammonia in a mortar.
— from Section Cutting and Staining A practical introduction to histological methods for students and practitioners by Walter S. Colman
Contrahit orator, variant in carmine vates.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
[ The Rhaetian wines had a great reputation; Virgil says, ———Ex quo te carmine dicam, Rhaetica.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius
The sun came up in a glory of carmine, and the trees were brilliant in their varied shades of green.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
The sun was setting and part of the shell-pink sky was melting into deep carmine, like a flower.
— from Margaret Sanger: an autobiography. by Margaret Sanger

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