For the pigments used to make the color, see Carmine. Carmine is the general term for some deep red colors that are very slightly purplish but are generally slightly closer to red than the color crimson is.Some rubies are colored the color shown below as rich carmine.The deep dark red color shown at right as carmine is the color of the raw unprocessed pigment, but lighter, richer, or brighter colors are produced when the raw pigment is processed, some of which are shown below.The first recorded use of carmine as a color name in English was in 1523.he deep dark red color shown at right as carmine is the color of the raw unprocessed pigment, but lighter, richer, or brighter colors are produced when the raw pigment is processed, some of which are shown below. The first recorded use of carmine as a color name in English was in 1523.
Elephant Natural Habitat. Elephants are able to survive in a variety of different locations because of the huge variety of food sources that they consume. Many people assume that elephants that are in the wild only live in the grasslands.
There are also differences in the size and shape of the skull and skeleton between the two subspecies. Forest elephants, a distinct subspecies of African elephants, are uniquely adapted to the forest habitat of the Congo Basin, but are in sharp decline due to poaching for the international ivory trade.