color up vs ruddy

color up

verb
  • To blush (to go red). 

  • To exchange a high number of low-value chips (of one color) for a lower number of higher value (of a different color), but keeping the same overall value. 

ruddy

verb
  • To make reddish in colour. 

noun
  • A ruddy duck. 

  • A ruddy ground dove. 

adv
  • A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

adj
  • Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky. 

  • A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

How often have the words color up and ruddy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )