The difference between Cinnabar and Orpiment

When used as nouns, cinnabar means a deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, hgs, whereas orpiment means arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment.


Cinnabar is also adjective with the meaning: of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cinnabar and Orpiment

  1. Cinnabar as a noun:

    A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.

  2. Cinnabar as a noun:

    A bright red colour tinted with orange.

    Examples:

    "color paneA35B4E"

  3. Cinnabar as a noun (countable):

    A species of moth, , having red patches on its predominantly black wings.

  4. Cinnabar as a noun:

    "Cinnabar Panacea"; the Elixir of Life.

  1. Cinnabar as an adjective:

    Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

  1. Orpiment as a noun:

    arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment

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