"incarnadine : (originally) Of the pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation. Of the blood-red..."

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incarnadine : (originally) Of the pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation.
Of the blood-red colour of raw flesh; crimson.
(figurative) Bloodstained, bloody.
(generally) Of a red colour.
incarnadine n

The pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation.
incarnadine:    
The blood-red colour of raw flesh; crimson.
incarnadine:  
(generally) A red colour.
incarnadine v

(transitive, originally) To make flesh-coloured.
(transitive, also figurative) To make red, especially blood-coloured or crimson; to redden.

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- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/incarnadine#English

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