From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishblood-redˈblood-red adjective CCdark red, like blood —blood-red noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
blood-red• She had on this blood-red blouse that made her look real uptown.• Another is upholstered in blood-red corduroy.• El Mitote juice bar in Agua Prieta has named a blood-red drink in its honor.• Little blood-red flowers and tiny purplish-green floating foliage.• There were three men - Han, dressed in dark silks with blood-red headbands about their foreheads.• blood-red lips• Even after they have dropped, they are valuable, lying in a blood-red pool under the dense thicket of branches.• Armies of monks in blood-red robes hang around the place.• Memories of blood-red wine and cruelly glinting shards of glass came back to haunt her. 