vermilion
adjective/vərˈmɪljən/
Frequency rank: #16,519 most common English word
Meaning
A vivid reddish-orange color, or a bright red pigment originally made from mercuric sulfide.
Example sentence
The artist mixed pigments to achieve that striking vermilion shade on the canvas.
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