carmine (noun) – a vivid red
definition from Merriam-Webster (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carmine)
From Beloved by Toni Morrison (page 94)
I’m a get to Boston and get myself some velvet. Carmine. You don’t even know about that, do you?
Amy tells Sethe that she is going to Boston to get some velvet, and the color of it is carmine, which is purplish-red.
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