1. A variable colour that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
   "The cardinal's vermilion robes stood out in the crowd";
   - scarlet, orange red

1. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange colour
   "The vermilion flames danced in the fireplace";
   - vermillion [rare], cinnabar, Chinese-red

1. Colour vermilion
   "The artist vermilioned the lips in the portrait"

Derived forms: vermilioned, vermilioning, vermilions

See also: chromatic

Type of: red, redden, redness

Encyclopedia: Vermilion, Ohio