English Dictionary

vermilion

/vɜː(ɹ)ˈmɪl.jən/

noun

A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar. / A bright orange-red colour. / A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.

The artist used vermilion to create a vibrant painting.

意味（1）

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

Take ſix Ounces of Brimſtone, and melt it in an Iron Ladle, then put two Pound of Quick-ſilver into a ſhammy Leather, or double Linnen Cloth, and ſqueeze it out into the melted Brimſtone, ſtirring them, in the mean Time, with a wooden Spatula till they are well united; and when they are cold, beat the Maſs into a Powder, and ſublime it in a Glaſs-veſſel, with a ſtrong Fire, and it will riſe into that Red Subſtance, which is called artificial Cinnabar or Vermilion.

意味（2）

A bright orange-red colour.

vermilion:

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

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

意味（5）

(obsolete) The kermes or cochineal insect.

意味（6）

(obsolete) The cochineal dye made from this insect.