- vermilion, vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red - of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
Antonym: achromatic (indirect, via chromatic)
- cinnabar - a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
--1 is a kind of mineral
--1 has substances:mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80 - cinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae - large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
--2 is a kind of arctiid, arctiid moth
--2 is a member of Callimorpha, genus Callimorpha - cinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae - large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort