crimson

having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

characterized by violence or bloodshed

• “writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days” Andrea Parke
• “fann”
• “s crimson wing” Thomas Gray
• “convulsed with red rage” Hudson Strode

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

• “crimson with fury”
• “turned red from exertion”
• “with puffy reddened eyes”
• “red-faced and violent”
• “flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment”

a deep and vivid red

turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

• “The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by”