How To Use cochineal insect In A Sentence
- Farmed, harvested, and dried by natives on small family plots, cochineal insects helped color the silks and wools of Hapsburg royalty.
- In many instances the authors also include a section on the techniques used by the artist, which variously includes the sourcing of raw materials such as wool from the Mixteca region of the state for making rugs and wall hangings, or clays from other regions of the state for changing tone and texture of sculptures; and processing methods including the extracting of natural dyes from fruits, plants, soils and the cochineal insect. Mexican Folk Art from Oaxacan Artist Families by Arden Aibel and Anya Leah Rothstein
- The brightly-coloured snack contains a red dye processed from the dried body of the female cochineal insect, collected in central America.
- The cactus, or more precisely, the cochineal insects that feed on it yield a red-purple stain when crushed.
- The kermes was expensive and the abundant cochineal insect could be used to make a cheap substitute.
