Animal dyes

The cochineal ( , ; Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America through North America (Mexico and the Southwest United States), this insect lives on cacti in the genus Opuntia, feeding on plant moisture and nutrients. The insects are found on the pads of prickly pear cacti, collected by brushing them off the plants, and dried.

Carmine ()also called cochineal (when it is extracted from the cochineal insect), cochineal extract, crimson lake, or carmine lake is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. Specific code names for the pigment include natural red 4, C.I. 75470, or E120. Carmine is also a general term for a particularly deep-red color.

Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple.

chemical compound

reddish-brown color, named after the rich brown pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish Sepia

species of mollusc

species of insect

dark pigment release

species of insect

species of insect, formerly used to produce an eponymous crimson carmine dyestuff known in Armenia as vordan karmir

thumb|right|300px|Tzitzit produced from a blue dye derived from [[Hexaplex trunculus and tied according to the opinion of the Sefer ha-Chinuch, resting atop volumes of the Shulchan Aruch.]] thumb|upright|The flag of Israel, which emulates the tekhelet color for the [[Star of David and the two tallit-like stripes.]] thumb|upright|A contemporary tekhelet thread tied according to the method of the 18th-century rabbi Vilna Gaon. thumb|A Jew wearing blue tzitzit, 15th-century

Red dye derived from a scale insect in the genus Kermes

resinous secretion of lac insects

species of mollusc