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cochineal

natural dye extracted from the bodies of the New World insect Dactylopius coccus
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cochineal

Summary

cochineal is a natural dye[1].

Key Facts

  • cochineal's instance of is recorded as natural dye[2].
  • cochineal's instance of is recorded as colourant[3].
  • cochineal is a type of insect dye[4].
  • cochineal is a type of biological pigment[5].
  • cochineal is a type of colourant[6].
  • cochineal's said to be the same as is recorded as carmine[7].
  • cochineal comprises carminic acid[8].
  • cochineal's described by source is recorded as Conservation and Art Materials Encyclopedia Online[9].
  • cochineal's replaces is recorded as Polish cochineal[10].
  • cochineal's natural product of taxon is recorded as Dactylopius coccus[11].
  • cochineal's different from is recorded as carmine[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Conservation and Art Materials Encyclopedia Online. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials & Techniques in Art. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . cameo.mfa.org. Retrieved . cameo.mfa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id → materias/1105834
    Replaces → Polish cochineal
    Art & architecture thesaurus id → 300013597
    Has part(s) → carminic acid
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0005182-prirodni-barviva, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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