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vermilion

[ver-mil-yuhn] / vərˈmɪl yən /


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The floodplains also provide habitat for monarch butterflies and birds such as vermilion flycatchers, yellow warblers and red-winged blackbirds.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Clark off North Carolina, with vermilion snapper schooling nearby.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023

Some of Jade’s work spoke to her personal interests in nature and birds, like an entry she wrote on the vermilion flycatcher, which got about 21,000 page views in the past 12 months.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

One standout piece was a top creatively constructed from a myriad of vermilion flowers, a nod to the dynamic African wrap, contrasted with striking blue pants.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

His paintings are great impastos of pigment: chrome yellow, Prussian blue, vermilion, carmine, very light cinnabar green, emerald green, Veronese green, orange, lemon chrome yellow, geranium lake, silver white, zinc white....

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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