Adjective modifier

• bright: The rest were half this size, brilliant little gems with bellies of butter-yellow and spots of the brightest vermilion on their flanks.

Modifies a noun

• patch: In particular, imagine seeing a vermilion patch, then a crimson patch, and finally a turquoise patch.

• tint: Amber and vermilion tints block blue light at the upper end of the visible range, just short of ultra violet.

• color: Repair requires the matching of vermilion color, maintenance of oral sphincter function and mouth opening size, and retention of sensation.

• bridge: The blood spilled solves the problem and the king orders a vermilion lacquer bridge to be built.

• spot: I learned from the film on the plane coming over that married women, ( or brides ) wear vermilion spots.

• lead: The pigments were: ultramarine, vermilion, red lead, and red and yellow earth.