vermilion

noun

A vivid red to reddish orange.

adjective

Of a vivid red to reddish orange.

transitive verb

To color or dye (something) in the hue vermilion.

To color with or as with vermilion; dye red; cover or suffuse with a bright red.

noun

The kermes- or cochineal-insect; also, the product of cochineal; worm-dye.

noun

The 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.

noun

A color such as that of the above pigment; a beautiful brilliant red color.

noun

A cotton cloth dyed with vermilion.

noun

Same as vermeil, 4.