Vermillion vs. Vermilion — What's the Difference?

A vivid red to reddish orange. Also called Chinese red, cinnabar.

Vermilion (sometimes spelled vermillion) is both a brilliant red or scarlet pigment, originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar, and the corresponding color. It is commonly used in Hindu culture, primarily by women, and was widely used in the art and decoration of Ancient Rome, in the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages, in the paintings of the Renaissance, and in the art and lacquerware of China.

See mercuric sulfide.

A brilliant red pigment made from mercury sulphide (cinnabar).

Of a vivid red to reddish orange.

A vivid red to reddish orange. Also called Chinese red, cinnabar.

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

See mercuric sulfide.

Alternative spelling of vermilion

Of a vivid red to reddish orange.

Alternative spelling of vermilion

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

(archaic) vermilion

A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.

Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

A bright orange-red colour.

A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.

The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.

(obsolete) The kermes or cochineal insect.

(obsolete) The cochineal dye made from this insect.

Having a brilliant red colour.

Having the color of the vermilion dye.

(transitive) To color or paint vermilion.

A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.

Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.

To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.

A variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge

Color vermilion

Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color