Difference between Vermillion and Chromatic

What is the difference between Vermillion and Chromatic?

Vermillion as an adjective is having such a colour. while Chromatic as an adjective is relating to or characterised by hue.

Vermillion

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having such a colour.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A reddish-orange pigment, mercuric sulfide (HgS), originally derived from cinnabar. The colour of this pigment. The red skin of the lip or its border with the skin of the face.

Chromatic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to or characterised by hue.Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.Regarding all twelve traditional Western pitch classes, regardless of temperament or intonation; Regarding entire sets of alternative pitch class systems.

We hope you now know whether to use Vermillion or Chromatic in your sentence.

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