Vermilion [noun]:A brilliant red pigment made from mercury sulfide (cinnabar).

• Source: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/vermilion

Taken from Passing, Quicksand.

• “There were batik dresses in which mingled indigo, orange, green, vermilion, and black; dresses of velvet and chiffon in screaming colors, blood red, sulfur yellow, sea green; and one black and white thing in striking combination.”
• This is a type of red pigment, this is helpful if you want to know the name for different shades of reds.