The difference between Cinnabar and Realgar
When used as nouns, cinnabar means a deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, hgs, whereas realgar means a mineral, arsenic sulfide (ass), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.
Cinnabar is also adjective with the meaning: of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cinnabar and Realgar
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Cinnabar as a noun:
A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
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Cinnabar as a noun:
A bright red colour tinted with orange.
Examples:
"color paneA35B4E"
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Cinnabar as a noun (countable):
A species of moth, , having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
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Cinnabar as a noun:
"Cinnabar Panacea"; the Elixir of Life.
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Cinnabar as an adjective:
Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
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Realgar as a noun (mineral):
A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.