The Color Red

What does the color red mean to you? What does it mean to other cultures?explain some of its different meanings.

To me the color red has no particular meaning. When first seeing red, the thing that pops in my mind is the American flag. Our country is raised to see the colors red, white, and blue in a patriotic way. The red in our flag represents the blood shed by our country to maintain its freedom and liberty.To other cultures the color red can represent various things. Although the color red is often associated with hate, anger, or death it is also seen as a color of fortune, good luck, or courage in other culutures. Because red has proven to be the color most reacted to by scientists, it is the color most often used for warning signs such as a stop sign. Red is the most comon color found on flags throughout the world, because of the many different meanings it carries.