The color blue does absorb heat. In general, the more light an object absorbs, the more heat absorbed since light is energy. Black absorbs the most heat. A black object absorbs all wavelengths of light and reflects none.
Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animalsâprimarily sheep, calves, and goats. It has been used as a writing medium for over two millennia. Vellum is a finer quality parchment made from the skins of kids, lambs, and young calves. It may be called animal membrane by libraries and museums that wish to avoid distinguishing between parchment and the more restricted term vellum (see below).
Vermilion is a deep, brilliant shade of red. You could describe your grandfather's reddish-orange scarf as vermilion. The specific pigment know as vermilion was originally made from mercury sulfide, a chemical compound that produces a deep red color. This kind of vermilion was most famously used in enameled Chinese lacquerware. However, you can use the word vermilion to describe anything that's a particularly deep, rich shade of red. The root word is the French vermeil, bright red, from the Latin vermiculus, a little worm, or the insect that was historically used to make red dyes. Definitions of vermilion.