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Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. [2] It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect , Kermes vermilio , but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose .
Kermes is a red dye derived from the dried bodies of the females of a scale insect in the genus Kermes, primarily Kermes vermilio. The Kermes insects are native in the Mediterranean region and are parasites living on the sap of the host plant, the Kermes oak ( Quercus coccifera ) and the Palestine oak ( Quercus calliprinos ).
They feed on the sap of oaks; the females produce a red dye, also called "kermes", that is the source of natural crimson. [1] The word "kermes" is derived from Turkish qirmiz or kirmizi ( قرمز ), "crimson" (both the colour and the dyestuff), [ 2 ] itself deriving from Persian *کرمست (*kermest) via Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from ...
And Red Lion’s story of retooling from making things to providing services could serve as a model for other towns — small and large — to take to heart. Sources: YDR files, “Pictorial ...
Arising from heraldic use, the Red Lion is also a popular pub name, with over 600 pubs bearing the name. [89] A rarer inn name is the White Lion, derived from Edward IV of England or the Duke of Norfolk. [89] Though the lion appears on the coats of arms and flags of Lyon and León, the cities' names have an unrelated derivation despite the ...
The Tawny Lion Demon (黃獅精), armed with a giant spade, is a lion yaoguai based in Tiger's Jaw Cave (虎口洞) at Leopard's Head Mountain (豹頭山) in the Kingdom of Yuhua, and a god-grandson of the Nine-Headed Lion. When he learns that the protagonists are approaching the mountain, he steals their weapons out of greed.
The Cougars have appeared on "GameDay" two other times; at the 1988 Rose Bowl vs. No. 1 Michigan and in 2002 against No. 6 Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.
Here, the Crimson King was the bastard offspring of Arthur Eld, a legendary gunslinger, and the Crimson Queen, a demonic creature of the Prim – the chaotic primordial void from which the Dark Tower, and all universes, arose. With the aid of the wizard Maerlyn, the Crimson Queen took on human form and deceived Arthur Eld to achieve this union.