a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.
color vermilion
To color or paint vermilion.
of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
Having a brilliant red colour.
The word comes from the Latin vermiculus, meaning "little worm." It originally referred to a red dye made from a specific type of scale insect called Kermes vermilio.