The wealthy Renaissance people would also wear these brilliant red clothes.
Another parasite which was used to make red dye is the kermes, made in a similar way as cochineal.
hello, i think my favorite color is red Oh, that's nice. Red colors can go from yellowish scarlet to bluish crimson, and from pink on the pale end to burgundy on the dark end. a lot of range for the color red, i like the very basic red Were you aware that the bright red costumes nobles wore in the Renaissance were dyed from kermes and cochineal? cochineal? is that some sort of plant? It's a parasite, found in tropical and subtropical South America, Mexico and Arizona. They live on the prickly pear cactus. a parasite? that is neat you can use them to dye clothing red
In the Renaissance, the brilliant red costumes for the nobility and wealthy were dyed with kermes and cochineal.