Question

Cochineal is a red dye obtained from the dried bodies of cochineal insects. The Spanish used it to dye their fine cloth. A. True B. False

Answer 1

True! It was Mexico's second most valuable export in the colonial times.

Answer 2

A. True

Step-by-step explanation:

Cochineal is an insect from which the cochineal dye can be extracted, the dye is a carmine red, and it was a powerful dye that was used by the pre-colonia native americans in mexico, they used to dye their clothes on it and eventually the Spanish saw it as a very luxurious colour for their clothes and started exporting it from the new world.