Vermilion

For other uses, see Vermilion (disambiguation).

Vermilion (cinnabar)
 
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Hex triplet#E34234
sRGBB (r, g, b)(227, 66, 52)
HSV (h, s, v)(5°, 77%, 89%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(52, 130, 14°)
SourceMaerz and Paul[note 1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid reddish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
The Venetian painter Titian used vermilion for dramatic effect. In the Assumption of the Virgin (1516–18), the vermilion robes draw the eye to the main characters.
A Chinese "cinnabar red" carved lacquer box from the Qing dynasty (1736–1795), National Museum of China, Beijing

Vermilion (sometimes vermillion)[1] is a color family and pigment most often used between antiquity and the 19th century from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide). It is synonymous with red orange, which often takes a modern form, but is 11% brighter (at full brightness).[contradictory]


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  1. ^ "Vermilion". Merriam-Webster. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-16.