vermilion
Sign in to saveAlso known as orange-red, cinnabar red
thumb|The Venetian painter Titian used vermilion for dramatic effect. In the Assumption of the Virgin (1516–18), the vermilion robes draw the eye to the main characters. thumb|A Chinese "cinnabar red" carved lacquer box from the Qing dynasty (1736–1795), [[National Museum of China, Beijing]]
Key facts
- Color.title
- Chinese Red
- Color.hex
- AA381E
- Color.source
- Plochere
- Color.isccname
- Deep reddish orange
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Etymology and common name
- Chemistry and manufacture
- Gallery
- History
- Antiquity
- In India
- In the Americas
- In the Middle Ages and Renaissance
- Chinese red
- In nature
- In art and culture
- Religion
- Mythology
- Literature
- Music
- Video games
- Variations
- Red-orange
- Orange-red
- Medium vermilion
- Chinese red
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|The Venetian painter Titian used vermilion for dramatic effect. In the Assumption of the Virgin (1516–18), the vermilion robes draw the eye to the main characters. thumb|A Chinese "cinnabar red" carved lacquer box from the Qing dynasty (1736–1795), [[National Museum of China, Beijing]]
Vermilion (sometimes spelled vermillion) is a color family and toxic pigment most often used between antiquity and the 19th century from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide). It is synonymous with red orange, which often takes a modern form, but is 11% brighter.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vermilion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.