carmine

nouns

a variable color averaging a vivid red

cardinal, carmine

color carmine

carmine

is a type of (narrower)

make red

"The setting sun reddened the sky"

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet