vermilion (redirected from vermilioning)

ver·mil·ion also ver·mil·lion  (vr-mlyn)

n.

1. A bright red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment.

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

adj.

Of a vivid red to reddish orange.

tr.v. ver·mil·ioned also ver·mil·lioned, ver·mil·ion·ing also ver·mil·lion·ing, ver·mil·ions also ver·mil·lions

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

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[Middle English vermelion, from Old French vermeillon, from vermeil; see vermeil.]

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vermilion

Adjective

orange-red

Noun

mercuric sulphide, used as an orange-red pigment; cinnabar [Late Latin vermiculus insect from which red dye was prepared]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vermilion - a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge orange red, scarlet red, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Verb	1.	vermilion - color vermilion                       redden - make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky"
Adj.	1.	vermilion - of a vivid red to reddish-orange color Chinese-red, cinnabar, vermillion chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

vermilion

n / adj vermilion [vəˈmiljən]

(of) a bright red colour. vermiljoen لَوْن قُرْمُزي ален rumělka; rumělkový klar rød das Zinnoberrot, zinnoberrot κατακόκκινος bermellón kinaverpunane قرمز روشن sinooperinpunainen vermillon צֶבַע שָשַר सिंदूर grimiz cinóbervörös warna merah cemerlang skærrauður (litur) vermiglio 朱色(の) 선홍색, 주홍색; 선홍[]색의 skaisčiai/ryškiai raudona spalva; skaisčiai/ryškiai raudonas spilgti sarkana krāsa; spilgti sarkans berwarna merah merona vermiljoen sinoberrød cynober vermelhão purpuriu алый (цвет) rumelka; rumelkový živo rdeča barva jarkocrvena boja cinnober[] สีแดงชาด parlak kırmızı, nar çiçeği 珠朱砂(的),朱紅色 яскраво-червоний колір شنگرفي، تيزلال رنگ có màu đỏ son 珠朱砂（的）,朱红色