The next was a bottle of wine red as blood.

It had three wine red chairs that I imagined were upholstered with real leather.

It was a graceful calix now, of a deep wine red, clear and transparent as claret.

Marsala is an earthy wine red, which Pantone describes as an impactful, full-bodied and elegant grounded statement.

But instead of disappearing, the stains grew larger and changed in color from yellowish-white to deep wine red.