My Word: Seeing red over the birth of crimson

By Laurie Barber
Updated September 6 2018 - 2:50pm, first published 2:20pm
A splash of colour: The crimson rosella shows off the brilliant colour that people have tried to recreate as a dye throughout history.
A splash of colour: The crimson rosella shows off the brilliant colour that people have tried to recreate as a dye throughout history.

Have you ever heard of kermes and its relationship with crimson. I thought not.

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