vermillion
- Noun. A reddish-orange pigment, mercuric sulfide (HgS), originally derived from cinnabar.
- Noun. The colour of this pigment.
- Noun. The red skin of the lip or its border with the skin of the face.
- Adjective. Having such a colour.
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