NACARAT

(Span, nacar, mother of pearl.) A term applied to a pale red colour with an orange cast. The nacarat of Portugal is a crape of fine linen fabric, dyed fugitively of this tint, which is used by ladies to give their countenances a roseate hue. The brightest red crapes of this kind are manufactured by the Turks of Constantinople, (lire's Dictionary of Arts.) See Roroic. [s. 823]