The difference between Red and Vermilion

When used as nouns, red means any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670&nbsp, whereas vermilion means a vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide.

When used as adjectives, red means having red as its color, whereas vermilion means having a brilliant red colour.

Vermilion is also verb with the meaning: to color or paint vermilion.

check bellow for the other definitions of Red and Vermilion

  1. Red as an adjective:

    Having red as its color.

    Examples:

    "The girl wore a red skirt."

  2. Red as an adjective (of hair):

    Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.

    Examples:

    "Her hair had red highlights."

  3. Red as an adjective (card games, of a card):

    Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare

    Examples:

    "I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens."

  4. Red as an adjective (often, capitalized):

    Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red: the U.S. Republican party Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

    Examples:

    "a red state"

    "a red Congress"

    "the red-black grand coalition in Germany"

  5. Red as an adjective (chiefly, derogatory, offensive):

    Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations

  6. Red as an adjective (astronomy):

    Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

  7. Red as an adjective (particle physics):

    Having a color charge of red.

  1. Red as a noun (countable, and, uncountable):

    Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.

    Examples:

    "color paneF00000"

  2. Red as a noun (countable):

    A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

  3. Red as a noun (countable, snooker):

    One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.

  4. Red as a noun (countable, and, uncountable):

    Red wine.

  5. Red as a noun (countable, informal, birdwatching):

    A redshank.

  6. Red as a noun (derogatory, offensive):

    An Amerind.

  7. Red as a noun (slang):

    The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.

  8. Red as a noun (informal):

    A red light

  9. Red as a noun (Ireland, UK, beverages, informal):

    red lemonade

  10. Red as a noun (particle physics):

    One of the three color charges for quarks.

  11. Red as a noun (US, colloquial, uncountable):

    chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red")

  1. Red as a verb (archaic):

  1. Red as a verb:

  1. Vermilion as a noun:

    A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide.

  2. Vermilion as a noun:

    A vivid red or slightly orange colour.

    Examples:

    "color paneE34234"

    "color panevermilion Web FF4000"

  3. Vermilion as a noun:

    A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.

  4. Vermilion as a noun:

    The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.

  5. Vermilion as a noun (obsolete):

    The kermes or cochineal insect.

  6. Vermilion as a noun (obsolete):

    The cochineal dye made from this insect.

  1. Vermilion as an adjective:

    Having a brilliant red colour.

  2. Vermilion as an adjective:

    Having the color of the vermilion dye.

  1. Vermilion as a verb (transitive):

    To color or paint vermilion.

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