September 25, 2008

Vermilion



vermillion




vermil(l)ion

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硃砂

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–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








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