A deep red or crimson color, especially flesh-colored red or the color of blood; incarnadine.
From Spanish encarnado (flesh-colored) or Italian incarnadino, ultimately from Latin caro (flesh). The word refers to the reddish color of human flesh or fresh blood.
Shakespeare used the word 'incarnadine' (a related form) to describe blood in Macbeth—'Will all great Neptune's ocean wash away this blood?'—showing how poets use color words to evoke emotion and guilt.
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