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- Dictionaryvermilion/vəˈmɪlɪən/
noun
- 1. a brilliant red pigment made from mercury sulphide (cinnabar).
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Vermilion, (sometimes vermillion.) is a color, color family and pigment, most often in antiquity and until the 19th century made from the powdered mineral cinnabar (somewhat dangerous to work with mercury-sulphide), and the corresponding color. It is very often synonymous with red orange, covered here, which often takes a modern form just 11% brighter, so at full brightness. Wikipedia