Red

Red

Red is the color of blood, a ruby, and strawberries. It is next to orange at the end of the visible spectrum of light, and is commonly associated with danger, sacrifice, passion, fire, beauty, blood, anger, socialism and communism, and in China and many other cultures, with happiness.

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Famous quotes containing the word red:

    “But he sent her Good-by,
    And said to be good,
    And wear her red hood,
    And look for skunk tracks
    In the snow with an ax—
    And do everything!”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Her breasts under her gown
    are cold,
    for a flower has grown,
    murex-red
    on the red gown.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “His breast was deep and white,
    cold and caressable;
    his eyes were red glass,
    much to be desired.”
    —Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)