Dictionary:

vermeil

  (vûr'məl, -māl')

1. Vermilion or a similar bright red color.
2. (vĕr-mā') Gilded silver, bronze, or copper.

Bright red in color.

[Middle English vermail, from Old French vermeil, from Late Latin vermiculus, a kind of red worm, from Latin, grub, diminutive of vermis, worm.]