In literature, vermilion is celebrated as a vivid, fiery red that adds both emotional intensity and aesthetic beauty to a scene. Writers use it to evoke passionate moods and striking visual contrasts—for instance, a painter’s work may recreate distant memories through the application of vermilion paint ([1]), while historic artworks lavish gold and vermilion to imbue instruments with regal splendor ([2]). The color also serves as a powerful descriptor for human emotion and physical features, as seen when an old man’s head glows like a vermilion ball in the fading light ([3]) or when Paris shimmers under a vermilion atmosphere in the eyes of a beholder ([4]). Even nature is personified by vermilion, with cloudlets at sunrise and sunset casting a spectacular, almost otherworldly glow ([5]).