Associations to the word «Vermilion»

VERMILION, noun. A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide.

VERMILION, noun. A vivid red or slightly orange colour.

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

VERMILION, noun. A red skin of the lip or its border with the skin of the face.

VERMILION, adjective. Having a brilliant red colour.

VERMILION, adjective. Having the color of the vermilion dye.

VERMILION, verb. (transitive) To color or paint vermilion.

VERMILION BORDER, noun. (anatomy) The normally sharp demarcation between the lip (red-coloured) and the adjacent normal skin, representing the change in the epidermis from highly keratinized external skin to less keratinized internal skin.

VERMILION, noun. A variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge.

VERMILION, verb. Color vermilion.

VERMILION, adjective. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.