Red

On a browser that supports visual formatting in Cascading Style Sheets, the following box should appear in this color:

The RGB coordinates of red are 255 0 0. Note that the color most people call "red" on computers is in fact red with a little yellow in it.

Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions

• Red catches people's attention, and is often seen as a sign of danger: it is thus used for warning signs.
  • The color red is often used to denote anger as in seeing red.
  • The color of blood led red to be associated with the god of war, Mars, and the reddish planet Mars became named for him.
  • Red is used to denote "stop" in traffic signs and traffic signals.

• Red is the colour of love.

• Red is one of the Christmas colours.

• For a long time (beginning probably with the French Revolution) red was used as a colour of Revolutionaries, Leftist and generally radical groups, while white was used as colour of conservatives.
  • For instance the Civil War in Russia and the Civil War in Finland were fought between "Reds" and "Whites".
  • The identification of Communism as red (with red being the primary color of the flag of the Soviet Union) led to such Cold War phrases as "the Red Menace" and "Red China" (distinguished from Nationalist China, "Free China," or Taiwan).

• In Chinese symbolism, red is the color of good luck and is used for decoration and wedding attire. Money in Chinese societies is traditionally given in red packets.

• Red is also used to denote debt - as well as losses on a balance sheet.

• In North American stock markets, red is used to denote a drop in stock prices. In East Asian stock markets, red is used to denote a rise in stock prices.

• In maps of political parties, red is traditionally used for the following parties:
  • Canada: Liberal Party of Canada
  • The Netherlands: Partij van de Arbeid (Socialist party)
  • United Kingdom: Labour Party
  • United States: Republican Party

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