Carnelian vs Carmine - What's the difference?
carnelian | carmine |
(mineralogy) A hard, reddish brown chalcedony; used in jewelery,
* 1952' ''You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, '''carnelian , topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, beryl, and onyx, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald; and wrought in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared. — Ezekiel 28:13 RSV.
A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives
A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
