Probably of foreign origin; carmine, a deep red:
H3758. karmil
כַּרְמִיל noun [masculine] crimson, carmine, i.e. crimson stuff, cloth; late (probably Persian loan-word, and a derive. from Persian worm, see DeZDuth. Th. 1878, 593); — only 2 Chronicles 2:6; 2:13; 3:14 (in all + תְּכֵלֶת (ו־ָןׅ אַרְגָּמָן2:13; 3:14 + בּוּץ also ); read perhaps also for כַּדְמֶל Cant 7:6 ("" אַרְגָּוָן: so Gi, of hair formed spirally, like shell-fish; Gr, of glossy hair).