What color is vermilion?

Question: What color is vermilion!?

I need to have this color in thread, but have no idea what color it is!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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A red-orange shade!. I have paints with several red tones!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Vermilion, also spelled vermillion, when found naturally-occurring, is an opaque orangish red pigment, used since antiquity, originally derived from the powdered mineral cinnabar!. Chemically the pigment is mercuric sulfide, HgS!. Like all mercury compounds it is toxic!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

its a kind of red

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It is a shade of reddish brown!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

RedWww@QuestionHome@Com

it's a shade of red, leaning more toward red-orangeWww@QuestionHome@Com