blood red vs scarlet

blood red

adj
  • Of a deep vivid red colour. 

noun
  • A dark red colour. 

scarlet

adj
  • Of a bright red colour. 

  • Sinful or whorish. 

  • Blushing; embarrassed or mortified. 

verb
  • To dye or tinge (something) with scarlet. 

noun
  • A brilliant red colour tinged with orange. 

  • Cloth of a scarlet color. 

How often have the words blood red and scarlet occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )