A strong, warm red — red with a little orange in it, bright and glowing rather than dark. Think of the red on a temple gate, on a lacquer bowl, or in the seal ink of a Chinese chop. That is vermilion.

A strong, warm red一種濃烈、暖調的紅色——red with a little orange in it紅裡帶一點橘, bright and glowing rather than dark是明亮發光的，不是暗沉的。Think of想想看 the red on a temple gate廟門上的那種紅, on a lacquer bowl漆碗上的, or或 in the seal ink of a Chinese chop印章印泥的顏色。That is vermilion那就是vermilion。

It works as a noun (the colour, or the pigment itself) and as an adjective before a noun: a vermilion robe, vermilion lips.

It works as a noun它可以當名詞用 (the colour, or the pigment itself)（指顏色，或指顏料本身） and而且 as an adjective before a noun可以放在名詞前當形容詞: a vermilion robe朱紅色的袍子, vermilion lips朱紅色的嘴唇。

The word is more common in writing than in speech — painters, designers, art writers, and novelists use it; most people in a shop would just say 'bright red' or 'orange-red'. It also names a real, historic pigment made from the mineral cinnabar (mercury sulfide), which is why it turns up so much in writing about old paintings, Chinese and Japanese art, and about poisonous old paint.

The word is more common in writing than in speech這個字書面比口語常見——painters, designers, art writers, and novelists use it畫家、設計師、藝術寫作者和小說家會用它; most people in a shop一般人在店裡 would just say就只會說 'bright red' or 'orange-red'『bright red』或『orange-red』。It also names它也是...的名稱 a real, historic pigment一種真實存在、有歷史的顏料 made from the mineral cinnabar (mercury sulfide)由硃砂（硫化汞）這種礦物做成的, which is why是為什麼 it turns up so much它常常出現 in writing about old paintings, Chinese and Japanese art, and about poisonous old paint在講古畫、中日藝術，還有有毒古顏料的文章裡的原因。

Two spellings exist and both are correct: vermilion and vermillion, with the single-l form more usual in dictionaries.

Two spellings exist有兩種拼法 and both are correct而且都是對的: vermilion and vermillionvermilion和vermillion, with而 the single-l form單一個l的拼法 more usual in dictionaries在字典裡比較常見。

If you want to sound natural, use it when the exact shade matters — describing art, clothes, a sunset, autumn leaves — and reach for plain 'red' the rest of the time.

If you want to sound natural如果想聽起來自然, use it當顏色的細微差異很重要時用它 when the exact shade matters——describing art, clothes, a sunset, autumn leaves描述藝術品、衣服、夕陽、秋葉的時候——and而 reach for plain 'red' the rest of the time其他時候就用普通的『red』就好。