Red means “Beautiful” in Russian..
Seeing the color red can make your heart beat faster.
There are at least 23 different shades of red crayons.
The color red doesn’t really make bulls angry, they’re color blind.
The word “ruby” comes from the Latin word rubens, meaning “Red”.
The red stripes on the United States flag stands for courage.
As few as 2 percent of people in the United States have red hair.
Chinese brides traditionally wear red wedding dresses for good luck.
Red symbolizes speed, sexuality, and style; it’s the color of love and romance.
It can often give conflicting messages. It’s STOP when used on a street light, but GO when worn as lipstick (unless, of course, you prefer 'au naturale').
Fashion experts always recommend at least a splash of red when dressing for a job interview or any other important meeting.
Red symbolizes power.
Red cars are popular targets for thieves.
In home design, red is rarely used as a base color but often as highlights or accents.
Red may cause restlessness and insomnia if used in a bedroom, but it is considered appropriate for exercise, play rooms, or to increase appetite.
When the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia they used a red flag as their emblem and ever since red has been considered the color of communism.
In the Ebers Papyrus, said to be the oldest complete book in existence, 1550 B.C., the color red was used for chapter headings, names of diseases, and, weights and drug dosages.
The Egyptians considered themselves the “Red” race and applied red dye for emphasis.
In India red is the symbol of the soldier. For the Hopi it represents the direction south.
In England there was a law that prevented the color red to be worn by just anyone. The color gave out information about the status of the man or woman wearing it. This was not just dictated by the wealth of the person, it also reflected their social standing. The meaning of colors during the Elizabethan era represented many aspects of their life - the social, religious, biblical and Christian symbolism was reflected in the color of their clothes.
Though, people who were allowed to wear the color red (crimson or scarlet) during the Elizabethan era, as decreed by the English Sumptuary Laws, were only worn by the highest nobility in the land.
