Tertiary color if they exist at all, though indigo and scarlet are standard for blue–violet and red–vermilion. In another sense, a tertiary color is obtained by mixing secondary-colored pigments. These three colors are russet (orange–purple), slate (purple–green), and citron (green–orange), with the corresponding three quaternary colors plum (russet–slate), sage (slate–citron), buff (citron–russet) (with olive sometimes used for either slate or citron). Beyond that are shades of grey (blue grey and brown greys), which approach but never quite reach black. The RYB color terminology outlined above and in the color samples shown below is ultimately derived from the 1835 book "Chromatography", an analysis
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