Carmine or “cochineal red” has been present since the beginning of the history of fashion, art and beauty. Its multiple shades represent different emotions. At once timeless, deep and original, at Maglone we find carmine red inside, as well as outside!
Sometimes glamorous, sometimes sexy and dangerous, carmine red is a color that does not go unnoticed !
Obtained from the female of an insect, the cochineal, carmine red, like crimson red and vermeil, has been used since ancient times to color textiles or leathers. It’s also found in beauty products like lipstick and varnish and, of course, in art.
It takes its name from the carminic acid found in the eggs produced by the female cochineal. This insect lives in cacti now cultivated in South America, mainly in Peru. If carmine red is very present in Aztec culture, it is also famous in ancient Egypt and then in Europe from the 16th century.