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Colours made from cochineal insect

3 colours that our sources say are made from cochineal insect.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Scarlet: Daderot, Public domain, source
Red pigment: Marco Almbauer, Public domain, source

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