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The word 'lake' has puzzled me for a long time. I thought it was a color but noticed it used quite frequently in my catalog for a variety of different colors. example 'lake scarlet vermillion' or '3˘ lake Washington...'? Can anybody help me to understand this confusing word? Thank you.
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I believe I read from a members' post that it was a type of printing or ink maybe? unsure.
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In my Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English (A.A. Horby, 1984) I read: lake:dark red colouring material (often crimson) |
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Yeah, that's a weird one. It has nothing to do with bodies of water -- it's from LAC as in lacquer, shellac, etc. And believe it or not, it starts with an insect. Scroll down to Rod's comments in this thread: https://goscf.com/t/10294KirkS |
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rod222: "advice from SCF member Ryan on another NG a while ago:
Main Entry: 2 lake
Function: noun
Etymology: French laque lac, from Old Occitan laca, from Arabic lakk --
more at LACQUER
1 a : a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
b : any of numerous usually bright translucent organic pigments
composed essentially of a soluble dye absorbed on or combined
with an inorganic carrier
2 : CARMINE 2
I will remember that the lake colour is at litlle bit more purplish than
the carmine one."
rod222: India again.....
Lac insect (Laccifer lacc)
Lac insect (Laccifer lacc)
Lac is a resinous substance which is secreted by lac insects.
The scientific name of lac insect is Laccifer lacca. It is generally found as a parasite living on the sap of trees like kusum, palas, Ber etc. in the district of Hazaribagh, Ranchi, Palamau and Gaya of Bihar state in India. Lac industry is well-developed in Bihar and a Lac Resarch Institute is located at Namkum near Ranchi. Lac is also produced in W. Bengal, Madhya Pardes, Maharastra, Gujrat and Uttar pardesh of India.
The culture of lac insect on commercial scale by scientific techniques for procurement of lac is known as lac culture.
revstampman: "Printing Ink colors don't make sense to most of us. I have been told, that most come from the names of the minerals, plants, bugs, where the pigments come from or what they emulate. A few examples: Prussian Blue, Mustard(seed)Yellow, Lavender, cinnamon, lemon Yellow."
OK, I think I understand now, at least better than I had. Thank you for your crash course. |
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The word 'lake' has puzzled me for a long time. There is an ebay guide that gives you a rough idea of what colour to look for when the catalogue mentions "lake". It's kind of like a purplish red. But for some reason, the link doesn't connect properly to the page, so go to the main ebay guide search page and enter "carmine and lake errors" as the search term. http://reviews.ebay.com/Ryan |
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From my background as a microbiologist, I know there is a type of growing medium known as "laked blood agar." The laking process is a means of breaking down the membrane of the red cell to release it's (red) contents. So the color "lake" could refer to the dark red pigment seen in red blood cells, once the red cell membrane has been broken. It's a dark red, not a bright red. |
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Posted 07/24/2011 09:54 am
