vermilion
noun [C or U] (also vermillion) /vəˈmɪl.i.ən/
/vɚˈmɪl.jən/ Definition
› a bright red colour: She was wearing a jacket of bright vermilion.Less common coloursCommon colours vermilion adjective › having a bright red colour
(Definition of vermilion noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Less common colours, but you might be interested in these topics from the Light and colour topic area:
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- beige noun
- blood red noun
- buff adjective (COLOUR)
- chestnut adjective
- chrome yellow noun
- claret noun
- cobalt adjective
- coffee-coloured adjective
- hazel adjective
- ice blue noun
- magnolia noun (COLOUR)
- mauve noun
- peacock blue noun
- royal blue noun
- salmon pink noun
- sky blue noun
- tawny adjective
- terracotta noun
- violet adjective
- violet noun (COLOUR)
Topic:
Less common colours
Our dictionaries
Word of the Day
be under a cloud
to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
