cinnabar

  1. Noun.  A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
  2. Noun.  A bright red colour tinted with orange.
  3. Adjective.  Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

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