See also: bloodred and blood-red

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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).

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blood red (plural blood reds)

  1. A dark red color.
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blood red (comparative more blood red, superlative most blood red)

  1. Of a deep vivid red color.

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