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Red with main character energy — mercury sulfide pretending to be a sunset.
means A vivid, slightly orange-tinged red, historically made from the mineral cinnabar (mercury sulfide).
from Comes from Old French vermeillon, from vermeil, from Latin vermiculus, 'little worm' — a diminutive of vermis, 'worm.' The link is the kermes insect, whose crushed bodies once produced a famous red dye, so the color's name literally descends from a bug before it ever meant a pigment made of mercury ore.
- origin
- from vermiculus, Latin for little worm
- source
- made from ground cinnabar, a mercury ore
- danger
- gorgeous pigment, historically mildly toxic to painters
- usage
- monks used it to illuminate medieval manuscripts