Museum of New Zealand

Te Papa Tongarewa

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vermilion

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Pigment composed of mercury sulfide, including the natural mineral cinnabar and the artificially made compound.

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Broader: inorganic red pigment
Narrower: English vermilion
scarlet vermilion
antimony vermilion
Chinese vermilion
orange vermilion
Related: mineral