carnation vs cinnabar

carnation

adj
  • Of a rosy pink or red colour. 

noun
  • originally, Dianthus caryophyllus 

  • other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids 

  • The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours. 

  • A rosy pink colour 

  • A scarlet colour. 

cinnabar

adj
  • Of a bright red colour tinted with orange. 

noun
  • A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion. 

  • The Elixir of Life. 

  • A bright red colour tinted with orange. 

  • A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings. 

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