blood red

See also: bloodred and blood-red

English

Alternative forms

• bloodred, blood-red

Etymology

From Middle English blodred, blodread, Old English blōdrēad (“bloodred”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdaraud, from Proto-Germanic *blōþaraudaz, equivalent to blood +‎ red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bloudrood (“bloodred”), West Frisian bloedread (“bloodred”), Dutch bloedrood (“bloodred”), Low German bloodrood (“bloodred”), German blutrot (“bloodred”), Swedish blodröd (“bloodred”), Icelandic blóðrauður (“bloodred”).

Noun

blood red (plural blood reds)

1. A dark red colour.

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Translations

dark red colour

• Finnish: verenpunainen
• German: blutrot (de)
• Hungarian: vérvörös (hu)
• Indonesian: merah darah (id)
• Italian: rosso sangue m
• Portuguese: sanguíneo (pt) m, sanguino (pt) m
• Russian: а́лый (ru) m (ályj) (цвет), крова́во-кра́сный (ru) (krovávo-krásnyj) (цвет)
• Scottish Gaelic: cruan
• Spanish: rojo sangre m
• Turkish: kan rengi, koyu kırmızı (tr)
• Uyghur: قان رەڭ (qan reng)

Adjective

blood red (comparative more blood red, superlative most blood red)

1. Of a deep vivid red colour.

Translations

of a deep vivid red colour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殷紅 (zh) (yīnhóng)

• Cornish: kogh
• Danish: blodrød
• Dutch: bloedrood (nl)
• Finnish: verenpunainen
• French: rouge sang (fr)
• German: blutrot (de)
• Greek: κατακόκκινος (el) (katakókkinos)

  Ancient: φοινός (phoinós), δαφοινός (daphoinós)

• Greenlandic: aappalaarpoq
• Hungarian: vérvörös (hu)
• Irish: craorag
• Italian: rosso sangue
• Luxembourgish: bluttrout
• Portuguese: sanguíneo (pt), sanguino (pt)
• Romanian: sângeriu (ro)
• Russian: а́лый (ru) (ályj), крова́во-кра́сный (ru) (krovávo-krásnyj)
• Spanish: rojo sangre
• Swedish: blodröd (sv)
• Telugu: రక్తవర్ణం (raktavarṇaṁ)
• Turkish: kan rengi, koyu kırmızı (tr)

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}