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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Some articles on red:
... Many movie titles have included the color's name, such as The Woman in Red, a 1935 American film Reds, a 1981 film about Communism in the USA and Russia The Woman in Red, a 1984 American comedy film Raise the ...
... documentary called Blood on the Cross that alleges the involvement of the Red Cross with the British military in conducting a massacre in the Southern Highlands of West Papua in ... Following the broadcast of the documentary, the Red Cross announced publicly that it would appoint an individual outside the organization to investigate the ... The report categorically states that the Red Cross personnel accused of involvement were proven not to have been present that a white helicopter was probably used in a military operation, but the ...
... The red wolf (Canis lupus rufus, formerly Canis rufus) is a North American canid which once roamed throughout the Southeastern United States ... and archaeological evidence, the original red wolf range extended throughout the Southeast, from the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, north to the Ohio River Valley and central Pennsylvania, and west to central ... The red wolf is morphologically midway between grey wolves and coyotes, and recent genetic research indicates it may actually be a hybrid species ...
... The Red Sea may be geographically divided into three sections the Red Sea proper, and in the north, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez ... The six countries bordering the Red Sea proper are Eastern shore Saudi Arabia Yemen Western shore Egypt Sudan Eritrea Djibouti The Gulf of Suez is entirely bordered by Egypt ... geographical definition of the six countries bordering the Red Sea cited above, areas such as Somalia and Ethiopia are sometimes also described as Red Sea ...
... the requirement of the population and the industries along the Red Sea ... There are at least 18 desalination plants along the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia which discharge warm brine and treatment chemicals (chlorine and anti-scalants) that may cause bleaching ... The water from the Red Sea is also utilized by oil refineries and cement factories for cooling purposes ...
More definitions of "red":
- (adj): Red with or characterized by blood.
Example: "Waving our red weapons o'er our heads"- Shakespeare; "The Red Badge of Courage"; "the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears
- (noun): The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood.
Synonyms: redness
- (adj): Characterized by violence or bloodshed.
Example: "Convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
Synonyms: crimson, violent
- (noun): Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries.
Synonyms: Bolshevik, Marxist, pinko, bolshie
- (adj): (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.
Example: "Turned red from exertion"; "red-faced and violent"
Synonyms: crimson, reddened, red-faced, flushed
- (noun): A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana.
Synonyms: Red River
Famous quotes containing the word red:
“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 1:18.
“The A B C of being,
The ruddy temper, the hammer
Of red and blue, the hard sound
Steel against intimation the sharp flash,
The vital, arrogant, fatal, dominant X.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Revolution? Unscrew the flag-staff, wrap the bunting in the oil covers, and put the thing in the clothes-chest. Let the old lady bring you your house-slippers and untie your fiery red necktie. You always make revolutions with your mugs, your republic—nothing but an industrial accident.”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)