VERMILION  , a See also:

• SCARLET

scarlet pigment composed of mercuric sulphide, HgS . It may be obtained See also:

• DIRECT

direct from pure and See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright coloured portions of the native ore See also:

• CINNABAR (Ger. Zinnober)

cinnabar, or, artificially, by subliming a mixture of See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

mercury and See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur . The product is ground and levigated; and when dry it is ready for use . It is also prepared by digesting precipitated mercuric sulphide with an alkaline sulphide for some See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours; it is said that See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese vermilion owes its superiority to being made in this way . In addition to its brilliance, vermilion is a pigment of See also:

• GREAT

great intensity and durability, remaining unaffected by See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid fumes . Being costly, it is much subject to See also:

• ADULTERATION
• ADULTERATION (from Lat. adulterare, to defile or falsify)

adulteration; but the fraudulent additions may easily be detected by volatilization, which in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of pure vermilion leaves no See also:

• RESIDUE (through the French, from the Lat. residuum, a remainder, from residere, to remain)

residue . See FIGMENTS and MERCURY .