vermilions
Vivid scarlet-orange hues
Vermilions is the plural of vermilion, a vivid red-orange color resembling the pigment historically made from cinnabar.
The word typically appears in artistic or descriptive contexts: The sunset displayed vermilions and golds across the horizon.
As a verb form, vermilions means colors or tinges with this hue: Dawn vermilions the eastern sky.
Bright orangish-red color
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- bright redIntense scarlet hue
- coralMarine skeletal formation
- poppy redIntense orange-tinged crimson
pillar-box red · fire engine red · blood orange · tomato red · geranium · cardinal · lipstick red · nail lacquer
Red mercuric sulfide ore
- red ochreIron oxide pigment
- carmineDeep red from insects
- cochinealInsect-sourced red colorant
- madderMore irate
alizarin · iron oxide · hematite · lightfastness · opacity · toxicity · grinding · oil paint
14th-17th century European artwork
- TitianFamed Venetian Renaissance artist
- illuminated manuscriptHand-decorated medieval book
- icon paintingReligious artwork on panels
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
underpainting · glazing · masterwork · Old Masters · portraiture · drapery · miniature painting · Chinese scroll
Traditional Indian marriage ceremony
- tilakHindu forehead marking
- bindiForehead decoration worn traditionally
- Imperial ChinaEmperor-ruled eastern civilization
- auspiciousIndicating future success
prosperity · good fortune · celebration · festival · Shinto shrine · imperial seal · ceremonial
scarlet
Bright orangish-red color
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- bright redIntense scarlet hue
- coralMarine skeletal formation
poppy red · pillar-box red · fire engine red · blood orange · tomato red · geranium · cardinal · lipstick red · nail lacquer · vivid
cinnabar
Red mercuric sulfide ore
madder · alizarin · iron oxide · hematite · lightfastness · opacity · toxicity · grinding · oil paint · watercolor
Renaissance painting
14th-17th century European artwork
- TitianFamed Venetian Renaissance artist
- illuminated manuscriptHand-decorated medieval book
- icon paintingReligious artwork on panels
gilding · underpainting · glazing · masterwork · Old Masters · portraiture · drapery · miniature painting · Chinese scroll · lacquerwork
Hindu wedding
Traditional Indian marriage ceremony
- tilakHindu forehead marking
- bindiForehead decoration worn traditionally
- Imperial ChinaEmperor-ruled eastern civilization
auspicious · prosperity · good fortune · celebration · festival · Shinto shrine · imperial seal · ceremonial
vermilionscyans
Greenish-blue shades
teals · cobalts · blue-greens · azure · turquoises
- vermilion borderEdge of colored lip