Poinsettia length. The colored bracts—which are most often flaming red but can be orange, pale green, cream, pink, white, or marbled—are often mistaken for flower petals because of their groupings and colors, but are actually leaves. The colors of the bracts are created through photoperiodism, meaning that they require darkness (12 hours at a time for at least five days in a row) to change color. At the same time, the plants require abundant light during the day for the brightest color. The flowers of the poinsettia are unassuming and do not attract pollinators. They are grouped within small yellow structures
Carmine (color) Japanese carmine is shown at right. The name of this color in Japanese is "enji-iro", which means "cochineal color". Crime Scene Investigation Music Sports Television National Flags Carmine (color) Carmine is the general term for some deep red colours that are "very slightly" purplish but are generally "slightly" closer to red than the colour crimson is. Some rubies are coloured the colour shown below as "rich carmine". The deep dark red color shown at right as "carmine" is the colour of the raw unprocessed pigment, but lighter, richer, or brighter colours are produced when the raw pigment is processed, some