vermilion
A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.
A bright orange-red color.
A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.
The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.
(obsolete) The kermes or cochineal insect.
(obsolete) The cochineal dye made from this insect.
Having a brilliant red color.
Not one of all these has he given, / No flame of his has leapt to Heaven / Firesouled, vermilion-hearted, / Forked, and darted,
Having the color of the vermilion dye.
To color or paint vermilion.