One of the most ancient types of red natural organic dye, also used as a lake pigment, prepared from the bodies of the female scale insect, Kermes vermillo Planch; formerly incorrectly said to have been prepared from Coccus ilicis. It is a chief coloring component of carmine.
AAT
300013085
chermes
grain lake
kermes
kermes lake
kermes vermilio
lake, grain
lake, kermes
quermes
12yrs ago
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