Blood red Blood red The color blood red is a dark shade of the color red meant to resemble the color of human blood (which is composed of oxygenated red erythrocytes, white leukocytes, and yellow blood plasma). It is the iron in hemoglobin specifically that gives blood its red color. The actual color ranges from crimson to a dark brown-blood depending on how oxygenated the blood is, and may have a slightly orange hue. Deoxygenated blood, which circulates closer to the body's surface and which is therefore generally more likely to be seen than oxygenated blood, issues from bodily veins in a
Blood Red Horse Blood Red Horse Blood Red Horse is a 2004 young adult historical novel by author K M Grant. The book was published in 2004 by Puffin Books and in the US in 2005 by Walker Children's. "Blood Red Horse" is the first novel in the De Granville Trilogy and was followed by the books "Green Jasper" and "Blaze of Silver". In 2006 the audiobook version of "Blood Red Horse" won an AudioFile Earphones Award and in 2007 was one of YALSA's recommended audiobooks for 2007. "Blood Red Horse" follows Will and Ellie, two young teens growing up during the time