Vermilion

vermil(l)ion



D

硃砂



Y



–noun 

1. a brilliant scarlet 

red. 

2. a bright-red, water-insoluble pigment (顏料) consisting of mercuric sulfide (硫化物), once obtained from cinnabar (朱砂), now usually produced by the reaction of mercury and sulfur. (硫磺) 



see sulphur



–adjective 

3. of the color vermilion.  



–verb (used with object) 

4. to color with 

or 

as if with vermilion.  





wan 

[Radha Mitchell] is rather wan as her chief love interest

pallor 

pallid lurid sanguine

anemic 

Creaks along like an anemic [snail]

florid 

I only read the first chapter, but the author's style struck me as [excessively elaborate] and [almost florid]. 



tangerine 

celadon 

livid

swarthy



dun 暗褐色,討債者

tawny 黃褐色

Meager