Editing Vermilion (section)

{{Short description|Red color from powdered cinnabar (HgS)}}
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{{use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox color
|title=Vermilion (cinnabar)
|hex=E34234
|source=Maerz and Paul{{NoteTag|The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ''vermilion'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill;  the color ''vermilion'' is displayed on page 27, Plate 2, Color Sample L11. It is noted on page 193 that the color cinnabar is another name for the color vermilion.}}
|isccname=Vivid reddish orange}}
[[File:Tizian 041.jpg|thumb|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.]]
[[File:Lacquerware-roundbox-w-children.jpg|thumb|A Chinese "cinnabar red" [[carved lacquer]] box from the Qing dynasty (1736–1795), [[National Museum of China]], Beijing]]

'''Vermilion''' (sometimes '''vermillion''')<ref name="Merriam Webster">{{cite web |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vermilion |title=Vermilion |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=21 May 2018 |website=Merriam-Webster |access-date=16 June 2018}}</ref> 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 inline|date=October 2024}}