cinnabar

As nouns the difference between cinnabar and periwinkle

is that cinnabar is a deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, hgs; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion while periwinkle is any of several evergreen plants of the genus vinca with blue or white flowers or periwinkle can be a mollusk of genus.

As adjectives the difference between cinnabar and periwinkle

is that cinnabar is of a bright red colour tinted with orange while periwinkle is of pale bluish purple colour.

As nouns the difference between crimson and cinnabar

is that crimson is a deep, slightly bluish red while cinnabar is a deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, hgs; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.

As adjectives the difference between crimson and cinnabar

is that crimson is having a deep red colour while cinnabar is of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

As a verb crimson

is to blush.

As nouns the difference between cinnabar and vermillion

is that cinnabar is a deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, hgs; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion while vermillion is .

As adjectives the difference between cinnabar and vermillion

is that cinnabar is of a bright red colour tinted with orange while vermillion is .

As a noun cinnabar is

a deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, hgs; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.

As an adjective cinnabar is

of a bright red colour tinted with orange.