brick red vs vermilion

brick red

noun
  • A warm brownish-red colour similar to that of red clay bricks. 

adj
  • Of a warm brownish-red colour similar to that of red clay bricks. 

vermilion

noun
  • A bright orange-red colour. 

  • A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar. 

  • A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women. 

  • The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face. 

verb
  • To color or paint vermilion. 

adj
  • Having a brilliant red colour. 

  • Having the color of the vermilion dye. 

How often have the words brick red and vermilion occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )