1829 C. Redding 65 The Menai waves rolled darkly red, The rocks and woods blood-hued became, Volcanic every mountain's head.
a1849 J. C. Mangan (1859) 121 That lone flower, blood-hued at heart.
1995 J. Banville 76 Against the blood-hued brocade of the couch the ivory pallor of the awaking statue seems a token of submissiveness.