Vermilion color
Vermilion is a bright orange-red, once ground from the mineral cinnabar. The red of Chinese lacquer. Its hex code is #E34234.
- Hex
- #E34234
- RGB
- 227, 66, 52
- OKLCH
- 61.3% 0.200 29.1
- Value
- 5 of 10
- Family
- Red
Is vermilion warm or cool?
Warm: it sits on the warm side of the color wheel, with the reds, oranges and yellows. It is a mid-tone color, value 5 of 10, and its opposite is emerald green. More in warm and cool colors.
Vermilion tints, tones and shades
A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. Each row starts with vermilion itself.
The opposite of vermilion
Opposite vermilion on the color wheel sits emerald green, #258653. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Colors that go with vermilion
Vermilion in paintings
The nearest colors to vermilion in our painting palettes.
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