Definition of "vermillion" []

• A reddish-orange pigment, mercuric sulfide (HgS), originally derived from cinnabar. (noun)
• The colour of this pigment. (noun)
• The red skin of the lip or its border with the skin of the face. (noun)
• Having such a colour. (adjective)

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• "For all-around fishing use I would go with an amber lense, although vermillion is also a good choice."
• "Matisse even tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade his friend Claude Renoir to change from the traditional red paint called vermillion to cadmium red."
• "After this they bring out _Oorakins_, (bowls of bark) full of that coarse vermillion which is found along the coast of Chibucto, and on the west-side of Acadia (Nova-Scotia) which they moisten with the blood of the animal if any remains, and add water to compleat the dilution."