vermilion
nounA vivid red to reddish orange.
adjectiveOf a vivid red to reddish orange.
transitive verbTo color or dye (something) in the hue vermilion.
To color with or as with vermilion; dye red; cover or suffuse with a bright red.
nounThe kermes- or cochineal-insect; also, the product of cochineal; worm-dye.
nounThe red sulphid of mercury, or the mineral cinnabar, occurring in nature of a red-brown to a carmine-red color; also, a pigment formerly made by grinding selected pieces of native cinnabar, but now made artificially.
nounA color such as that of the above pigment; a beautiful brilliant red color.
nounA cotton cloth dyed with vermilion.
nounSame as
