Zecchi Historic Pigments- List 2 Carminio Estratto - Natural Organic Dyestuff Made From Cochineal (*Carmine)

This is what the entry from the Zecchi site looks like to help in ordering: “ (CARMINIO estratto) - Natural organic dyestuff made from cochineal .” Here is our best guess at the equivalent in Italian. This is from the Italian portion of the site: “ (CARMINIO estratto) - Estratto rosso dalla cocciniglia -in polvere-.”

Zecchi has a picture of a pigment called “Carminio Origni. Cochineal Carmine” on their site. The pigment looks a bit darker than the sample that we used for the color swatch. Zecchi also appears to sell the dried insects, which are listed as “Carmino Insetto”

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