Crimson is a deep, vivid shade of red. You could describe flowers, blood, or blushing cheeks as crimson.
The ruby red color crimson shows up brilliantly in nature, in the form of flowers, birds, and insects. In fact, it was an insect that led to the word crimson in the first place; an insect called kermes was used for centuries to make a deep red dye, which was called cremesin in Old Spanish and eventually became crimson.
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a deep and vivid red color
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
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(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
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characterized by violence or bloodshed
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