Colors: Red

5 Comments
1] When red or carmine was made it used to be made of blood.
2] Red paint was believed to be made out of insect blood in the Incan Times.
3] For many cultures,. red symbolized both life and death-a beautiful and terrible paradox.
4] Cochineal-an insect that was most famously used for making red.
5] Scarlet was a fashion statement in medieval Europe to wear clothes made of a new cloth imported from Central Asia.

4 Questions
1] Why is red usually made from insect blood?
2] Why was Jalapenos named after the city Jalapa?
3] Was red an intoxicating color to the Indians?
4] What is the story of the "Dragon and the Elephant"?

3 Vocabulary
1] Consignment: Entrust; assign.
2] Alchemy: Chemistry of the Middle Ages.
3] Botanist: Science of plants.

2 Literary Terms
1] "An elephant of elements." -Metaphor
2] "Smiling, as if holding a secret." Personifcation.

1 Overview Sentence
Back then, red was mostly popularly made from insect blood, usualy from conchineal.