Red is hot. Red is fierce. Red is passion, love, violence, and hate. Studies have shown that the color red causes a physical response in the body increasing respiration, raising blood pressure, and intensifying emotions.
Red is used to stimulate the body and mind as well as to increase circulation in chromotherapy.
Symbolism
- Red symbolizes lust, pain, blood, and anger as well as courage and sacrifice.
- Red is used to warn people of danger or to stop people from continuing forward.
- In China, red is associated with loyalty, honor, success, fortune, fertility, happiness, and passion. Brides wear red for good luck.
- In parts of Africa, red is a color of mourning and represents death.
Superstitions and Beliefs
- It is good luck to see a red bird.
- Wearing a red ruby ring on your left hand is supposed to bring good fortune.
- Redheads have hot tempers and wild personalities.
- Red roses mean, “I love you.” They represent romance and love.
- Deep pink roses mean thank you.
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Regular pink roses mean happiness. - Light pink roses mean sympathy.
Phrases and Sayings
- a red letter day – a day of importance or significance
- caught red-handed – caught doing something wrong
- in the red – being overdrawn at the bank or losing money
- paint the town red – to celebrate and party
- red-blooded – someone who is bold and robust
- red carpet treatment and to roll out the red carpet – to treat someone like a celebrity
- red-faced – embarrassed
- red flag – denotes danger, warning, or an impending battle
- red herring – something that deceives or distracts from the truth
- seeing red – to be intensely angry
Shades and Tints of Red
Pink: first love, emotional love, friendship, feminine qualities, passiveness
Dark red: vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage, longing, malice, and wrath
Red and You*
Are you wearing red right now?
You feel energetic and ambitious today. You are quite extroverted and courageous.
Are you wearing pink?
You are in an affectionate, loving mood. You are very empathic and understanding today.
Are you wearing maroon?
You are fun-loving.
Look in your closet. Is red a predominate color in your wardrobe?
You are impulsive and energetic. You are ambitious and strive for the best in everything. You like to be the center of attention and are sometimes insensitive.
Is it pink?
You are very affectionate but may lack willpower. You need the support of others.
Do you just dislike the color red?
You have been rejected and feel defeated or perhaps suffer from a physical illness.
Is it pink?
You need to reconcile with your mother or father.
decorating, and in your wardrobe!
How does red make you feel?
Red is my absolute favorite color. It makes me want to grab life by the throat and scream in it's face.
My mum says wearing red helps in anger management. Wonder if that is the reason Hindu brides traditionally wear red?
Interesting facts about red! I think I own one maroon shirt. Maybe.
As a person who's mostly lazy by nature, I appreciate red's invigorating effects. It's a warm color, which is nice. Doesn't suit me clothing-wise but have a few selected red/bordeaux accents in the home and they're pretty.
I've always loved red. As a kid I painted my room a vibrant red
I don't wear it very often though – doesn't work on me.
Wow! Awesome trivia you have here.Red is not my first choice, really ever, though by a coincidence my car is red, and I love it.
Red is one of my favorite colors. I wear it and drive in it.
Fun post! Red was my favorite color all my life, until just in the past year or so I realized I like light aqua blue more. Isn't that strange to switch favorite colors this late in life (I'm 41)? So now red is my second favorite, and I do like to wear red clothes.
This was a fun post!The only thing in my closet that is red are a pair of flats. I think it's my secret way of being fiery!
Interesting, my daughter did the same thing as Susan, same exact colors.I don't really love or hate red, but I use it quite a bit in the fantasy I've been working on. I think it's beautiful, but it can also be tiring. I like it best in patterns with other colors. Make what you will of that.
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Thanks for all this red information. I enjoy reading about color as I'm very sensitive to it.Red is my color as I'm an Aries. I used to have a red car. Not a good color for me as I like to speed & that's like I'm advertising!
Red makes me feel alive! Alas, I don't have much red in my wardrobe.- Another excuse for shopping!
I like red, although blue is my favorite color. Sometimes red can be too over stimulating. But overall the world would be a pretty boring place without out good friend RED.Stephen Tremp
Someone told me once about wearing the ruby ring bringing good luck. This is the first time I read about seeing a red bird is good luck. Interesting stuff you have here.
The part about red and temper inspired me in the creation of a monster for my fantasy. They are very dangerous and are called the Symberveen.NancyN. R. Williams, fantasy author