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noun

• any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment

• a moderate yellow-orange to orange color

adjective satellite

• of a moderate orange-yellow color

29%7 From a word for “blue”, the cerulean-coloured mineral chessylite occurring in malachite, used as a pigment since Roman times
noun

• blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite

29%8Mineral known as vermilion when used as a pigment; or, the bright red colour of this after which a day-flying moth derives its name
noun

• a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury

• large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort

adjective satellite

• of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

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