vermilion
ver mil yuhn
- n a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
- v color vermilion
- s of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
- There are a number of access gates in the vermilion walls that surround the huge rectangular precinct, with the main entrance on Changan Avenue west of Tiananmen Square.
- The Chinese character for his name means vermilion, the color used on the gates of wealthy people's mansions in old China.
- As he takes a call from Washington inviting him to a waste-management conference, he silently raises his hand to bless an old man with a huge vermilion mark on his forehead who is .