Vermilion

Vermilion (cinnabar)
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FF4000
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 64, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(15°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(57, 160, 16°)
SourceMaerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid reddish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
The Venetian painter Titian used vermilion for dramatic effect. In the Assumption of the Virgin (1516–18), the vermilion robes draw the eye to the main characters.
A Chinese "cinnabar red" carved lacquer box from the Qing dynasty (1736–1795), National Museum of China, Beijing

Vermilion (sometimes spelled vermillion) is a color family and toxic pigment most often used between antiquity and the 19th century and made from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide). It is synonymous with red orange.

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