- Bright red - Bright red colour - Purplish red - Red pigment - A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple. - A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared
from cochineal, and used in miniature painting. - The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted
as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid
properties; -- hence called also carminic acid.
- Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright,
beautiful red. - Silver gilt or gilt bronze. - A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give
luster to the gold.