Definition of Vermilion

bold reddish-orange color

Examples of Vermilion in a sentence

Cardinals are a brilliant shade of vermilion.  🔊

Rainbow trout have a vibrant vermilion stripe on their sides.  🔊

In Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” he painted the sunset a dazzling shade of vermilion that faded into soft orange and yellow.  🔊

Mars is a stunning vermilion color because of an excessive amount of iron that mixes with oxygen to form a rust-colored dust.  🔊

After the volcano erupted, a river of vermilion lava flowed towards the unsuspecting village.  🔊

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