vermilion
or ver·mil·lion
a brilliant scarlet red.
a bright-red, water-insoluble pigment consisting of mercuric sulfide, once obtained from cinnabar, now usually produced by the reaction of mercury and sulfur.
of the color vermilion.
to color with or as if with vermilion.
Origin of vermilion
1Other definitions for Vermilion (2 of 2)
a town in N Ohio.
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How to use vermilion in a sentence
Araks, Beatrice Bralett, Aaron Panty in Vermillion, $115, $91.
7 Last-Minute Valentine’s Day Gifts Your Valentine Would Actually Want | Misty White Sidell | February 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the vermillion wall covering in the library that seemed very 19th-century bordello.
Putting Words in Gore Vidal’s Mouth—a Copywriter Recalls the 1982 Senate Campaign | Robert Chandler | August 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a vermillion fishtail gown and a bright green headdress almost a foot high, she commands the room—Queen for the day.
A Brilliant Film About the Women Who Saved Liberia | Rachel Syme | November 15, 2008 | THE DAILY BEASTThe belly is creamy white anteriorly and vermillion red posteriorly.
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala | William E. DuellmanLarge beds are said to exist, near the Vermillion of the Illinois, and in the vicinity of the rapids of the latter.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West | J. M. Peck
Vermillion, cinnabar: Rub the right cheek with the fingers of the right hand.
That fierce crimson, was it not the hue of a cooling crucible, that deep vermillion the rich glory of a rose's heart?
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. ServiceVermillion seems almost indispensable to the Indian's toilet; but in default of this they paint with colored earths.
British Dictionary definitions for vermilion
vermillion
/ (vəˈmɪljən) /
a bright red to reddish-orange colour
(as adjective): a vermilion car
mercuric sulphide, esp when used as a bright red pigment; cinnabar
Origin of vermilion
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