Red _______ (7)

'red' is the definition.
(I know that red can be written as scarlet)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for scarlet that I've seen before include "Murderer" , "Vivid red" , "Red colour of clarets" , "immoral" , "Fallen" .)
'red' is the definition.
(I know that red can be written as carmine)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for carmine that I've seen before include "Crimson pigment" , "Vivid red colour" , "Bright red" .)
'red' is the definition.
(I know that red can be written as crimson)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for crimson that I've seen before include "Blush" , "Flushed" , "Vivid red" , "Microns of colour" , "Bright red" .)
(Other definitions for herring that I've seen before include "It's certainly fishy!" , "Fatty fish" , "Small silvery sea-fish" , "Important food fish" , "Common food fish" .)
'red' is the definition.
(I know that red can be written as cerise)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for cerise that I've seen before include "Bright cherry-red colour" , "Shade of red" , "Pinkish-red" , "Cherry-coloured" , "Reddish-pink colour" .)
'red' is the definition.
(shade of red)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for cherry that I've seen before include "Red fruit with a single hard stone" , "Deep red like small stone fruit" , "Cricket ball" , "Stone fruit - shade of red" , "one likely to be picked?" .)
'red' is the definition.
(I know that red can be written as ruddy)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ruddy that I've seen before include "Glowing pink" , "Healthily red in colour" , "Damn" , "healthy-looking" , "Rubicund" .)
(Other definitions for alert that I've seen before include "Put on guard, warn" , "Intellectually active" , "alarm" , "Wakeful, observant" , "sharp-witted" .)
'red' is the definition.
(I know that vermilion is a type of red)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for vermilion that I've seen before include "Vivid red (with an orange tinge?)" , "Vivid red colour" , "shade" , "Bright red colour" , "Ron, I'm live with a bright red pigment" .)