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1.  Overview     2. History of use     3. Making the pigment     4. Technical details

History of Vermilion:               A painted swatch of Vermilion: Used from antiquity through to the present.   When was Vermilion used?             Discovery:      Used until:   before 6th century B.C.   continued in use till mid 20th century. Now used only scarcely due to its toxicity.