(originally) The pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation.

The blood-red colour of raw flesh; crimson.

(generally) A red colour.

(transitive, originally) To make flesh-coloured.

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

(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.