Chinese vermilion

noun

1

: vermilion sense 1a

2

: a vivid red that is yellower, lighter, and slightly stronger than apple red, yellower, lighter, and stronger than carmine or scarlet, and yellower and lighter than madder crimson

called also Harrison red, signal red

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