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Aquamarine vs Vermilion - What's the difference?

aquamarine | vermilion |

As nouns the difference between aquamarine and vermilion

is that aquamarine is the bluish-green colour of the sea while vermilion is a vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide.

As adjectives the difference between aquamarine and vermilion

is that aquamarine is of a bluish-green colour while vermilion is having a brilliant red colour.

As a verb vermilion is

to color or paint vermilion.

aquamarine

English

(wikipedia aquamarine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The bluish-green colour of the sea.
  • A bluish-green variety of beryl.
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    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a bluish-green colour.

    • Derived terms

    * Madagascar aquamarine

    See also

    *

    vermilion

    English

    Alternative forms

    * vermillion (considered a misspelling by some authorities)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide.
  • A vivid red or slightly orange colour.
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , I, struggling faintly, could not help feeling what I could not grasp, a column of the whitest ivory, beautifully streak'd with blue veins, and carrying, fully uncapt, a head of the liveliest vermilion }}
  • A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.
  • A red skin of the lip or its border with the skin of the face.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a brilliant red colour.
  • Having the color of the vermilion dye.

    • See also

    * red * scarlet * vermeil *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To color or paint vermilion.

    • Anagrams

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