realm. This is a typical tone of carmine pigment used in painting. Japanese carmine The color Japanese carmine is shown at right. The name of this shade of carmine in Japanese is , literally "cochineal/rouge color", as means rouge, the cosmetics. The insect is called . The term enji is named after Yan, an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty, as it was considered that the use of rouge in China was originated from there, this was later adopted in Japanese. Carmine in human culture Crime scene investigation The name is often applied to descriptions of blood, because the dark carmine color of the raw pigment shown at the top of the page is the color of dried blood. Music Carmine is one of the colors mentioned in Donovan's "Wear Your Love Like Heaven". Carmine red is second of two colors mentioned in Katatonia's song "Lethean". Sports Carmine red and golden yellow are the official colors of Italian football/soccer team AS Roma. Carmine red and white are the traditional colors of the Latvia national teams. Television In Chapter 37 of House of Cards Season 3, during an interview between author Thomas Yates and Claire Underwood, during which Claire Underwood is having blood drawn, Underwood asks what color could be used to describe the color of the blood flowing through the tube, and Yates says, "carmine." Underwood responds, "You must be a writer." Film In Dragon Ball Super: Superhero, following the naming trend of all major figures within the Red Ribbon Army, the loyal assistant to Commander Magenta, is named Carmine, who also wears a suit of the same color. National flags Carmine is the color used in the flag of Latvia. See also RAL 3002 Carmine red List of colors References Shades of red Bird colours