Color Names

Vermilion Waxcap

Bright as the mushroom's cap, not the pigment, a tiny, fiery orange Hygrocybe.

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Vermilion Waxcap is a vivid orange.

It can be described as vivid, vibrant, strong and bold.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Vermilion Waxcap

Hygrocybe miniata

Hygrocybe miniata, commonly known as the vermilion waxcap or miniature waxy cap, is a small, bright red or red-orange mushroom of the waxcap genus Hygrocybe. It is a cosmopolitan species, that is found worldwide. In Europe, it is found in fields, on sandy heaths, or grassy clearings in the autumn. In Australia, it is found in rainforest and eucalypt forest as well as heathland.

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Vermilion

Vermilion is a color family and toxic pigment most often used between antiquity and the 19th century and made from the powdered mineral cinnabar. It is synonymous with red orange.

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Hygrocybe

Hygrocybe is a genus of agarics in the family Hygrophoraceae. Called waxcaps in English, basidiocarps are often brightly coloured and have dry to waxy caps, white spores, and smooth, ringless stems.

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vermilion

Noun

  1. A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.
  2. A bright orange-red colour.

Adjective

  1. Having a brilliant red colour.
  2. Having the color of the vermilion dye.
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waxcap

Noun

  1. Any agaric mushroom of the family Hygrophoraceae.
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