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2006-12-06 14:22:02 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Trivia

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Depends on who you are. Red to ME is AWESOME. Like anger, happiness; definitive and ruthless; deep in the soul; pretty much goes with all the other colors too! (depending on who you are!) LOL

2006-12-06 17:55:02 · answer #1 · answered by ravin_lunatic 6 · 0 0

red stands for courage in the US. but in china, it symbolizes for good luck and fortune, in india... i don't know.
it depends where you are.
look at this:
For the ancient Romans, a red flag was a signal for battle.

Because of its visibility, stop signs, stoplights, brake lights, and fire equipment are all painted red.

The ancient Egyptians considered themselves a red race and painted their bodies with red dye for emphasis.

In Russia, red means beautiful. The Bolsheviks used a red flag as their symbol when they overthrew the tsar in 1917. That is how red became the color of communism.

In India, red is the symbol for a soldier.

In South Africa, red is the color of mourning.

It's considered good luck to tie a red bow on a new car.

In China, red is the color of good luck and is used as a holiday and wedding color. Chinese babies are given their names at a red-egg ceremony.

Superstitious people think red frightens the devil.

A “red-letter day” is one of special importance and good fortune.

In Greece, eggs are dyed red for good luck at Easter time.

To “paint the town red” is to celebrate.

Red is the color most commonly found in national flags.

In the English War of the Roses, red was the color of the House of Lancaster, which defeated the House of York, symbolized by the color white.

The “Redshirts” were the soldiers of the Italian leader Garibaldi, who unified modern Italy in the nineteenth century.

To “see red” is to be angry.

A “red herring” is a distraction, something that takes attention away from the real issue.

A “red eye” is an overnight airplane flight.

If a business is “in the red,” it is losing money.

2006-12-06 14:24:16 · answer #2 · answered by yee >:] 1 · 0 0

The colour 'Red' signify the danger.

2006-12-06 14:28:34 · answer #3 · answered by ANISH 1 · 0 0

Alizarin to Vermilion
To write a living persons name in red ink is taboo
red flag to end a race
red to mark danger
for christians it is the blood of christ, or fire,
which symbolizes the presence of God

2006-12-06 14:54:11 · answer #4 · answered by J B W 3 · 0 0

Lots of things, this Wikipedia article covers it quite well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red

2006-12-06 14:24:53 · answer #5 · answered by Ultima vyse 6 · 0 0

In depends on what country you are from. For the US, it means danger, for the Chinese, it means luck

2006-12-06 14:51:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

well a few things one if you have a red light hangin on your door that means there are prostitutes there. aka red light district. two if you are religious it stands for the blood that jesus shed on the cross. otherwise i dont know.

2006-12-06 14:25:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

depends, emergency, love, or some people say if you paint your kitchen red itll make you eat more.

2006-12-06 14:24:44 · answer #8 · answered by crashqueen_77 2 · 0 0

Could mean anger or sensuality. It could mean hot or danger.
It has more than one answer.

2006-12-07 09:53:08 · answer #9 · answered by Diane G 6 · 0 0

F I R E !

or Stop

2006-12-06 14:25:40 · answer #10 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 0 0

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