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vermillion

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It doesn't matter you tried to hack your way out with an automatic vermillion paint flinger setup before the order. You still are supposed to "make the wall not get painted red".

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Quick take

of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for vermillion.

Example sentences

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It doesn't matter you tried to hack your way out with an automatic vermillion paint flinger setup before the order. You still are supposed to "make the wall not get painted red".

2

Go in the settings and change it to vermillion-fuchsia with a hint of magenta if you so please. I'd like to know what's wrong with a blue shadow that indicates an active window.

3

That's light blue on somewhere between scarlet, crimson, vermillion or venetian red color space. My brain slightly breaks reading it.

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The hardest ones to tell apart are the vermillion and reddish purple - I don't think I'd be able to tell the difference unless I had both in front of me simultaneously. The 12- and 15-colour palettes don't do much for me.

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For example, if you have to say "Japan is the ochre line" or "people 45 or older are the vermillion line, while people 20 or younger are the carmine line", that may be a problem in some circles, even if the two colors are easy to distinguish visually. This is likely not a problem when you have the option of saying "the darker red" vs "the ligher red", but if you start having more versions of the same general hue, you may quickly run out of words.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use vermillion in a sentence?

It doesn't matter you tried to hack your way out with an automatic vermillion paint flinger setup before the order. You still are supposed to "make the wall not get painted red".

What does vermillion mean?

of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

What part of speech is vermillion?

vermillion is commonly used as adjective.