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Shades Of Red- Power, Desire, and Emotions.

• Posted by Shreya Srivastava February 20, 2021 - Filed in Arts & Culture - 596 views

  “Mohe Rang Do Laal”

  Blood is red and so are roses, 

  Passion is red and so is devotion,

  Love is red and so is anger.

  Colour plays a very vital role in this colourful world that we live in. Colour affects thinking, mood, influences the action, and causes the reactions. Colours can be eyes pleasing and eye offensive. If used in the right way, colours can save on energy consumption. 

  

  What is your favourite colour? What colour makes you happy? 

  Tell so much about a person. Different places and different preference of colours says many things about people and culture. 

  Colours are a powerful tool to communicate. Colours can influence the mood and emotions as said the artist Pablo Picasso “colours like features follow the change of the emotions”. Certain colours clam down whereas some hues increase the blood pressure, eyestrain and metabolism. 

  

  Colour of EMOTIONS.

  The warm shade produced the feeling of the warm, red the colour of extremes, whether its passion, desire, destruction or love. Red is the colour of extreme emotions. Passion, danger, seduction, anger, adventure, violence, and desire. The magical and religious colour red is the colour of God, blood and pain. 

  People who like red are known as determined, powerful, passionate, energetic and outgoing. 

  

  These people feel more sympathy for fellow humans. Bring cheerful vibes, being the most dominant shade red symbolizes the powerful act.  

  RED is the most attractive shade hence used in modern fashion. To grab attention and create a vibe, supermodels mostly prefer red. Also, red makes them look desirable, indeed. 

  

  Global meaning

  Want to stop anyone? Red is the colour. After two popular shades (black and white) if any colour has made its place in every language that is red. Last colour that is visible on the spectrum of light next, to orange and opposite violet. 

  RGB (red, green, blue) colour model which has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625-749 nanometres. Red is also the complementary colour of cyan. Red has become the colour of freedom and revolution. As red is the colour of blood, it is associated with sacrifices, courage and danger historically. 

  

  Most common colour on the flags is RED. The way red colour is used differs from country to country. Several counties that belong to the British empires, the flag colour is red. The British flags have colours red, blue and white. 

  

  Culture and Traditions. 

  Good luck and loyalty colour RED is the most loved colour in most countries. In Japan red is the traditional colour for a brave person. In Indian red is the traditional colour for brides, divas, and goddesses. This colour represents the married women and showcases the tradition and culture of India. 

  In central Africa, During celebrations, Ndembu warriors rub themselves red as they celebrate life and health. Whereas in other parts of Africa the same colour symbolizes death and called the colour of mourning. 

  

  Christianity, red symbolizes the blood of Christ and the sacrifices. In Buddhism, five are said to emerge from the Buddha, When he achieves enlightenment. Red is one of those five colours and is considered as the main colour. The bridges in the gardens of Japanese temples are also red. 

  

  Affects vision

  Warning and danger, red is the international colour stop sign and stoplight on the highway. 

  Red is the brightest colour in the daylight. The only colour that stands out more clearly in front of any other colour. In the United States, the red colour is also used for high-level warning like a terrorist attack. 

  

  Red colour carries a strong reaction and to encourage the students in the United States red pen to correct the copies are restricted. Red flags are used by the train, aeroplane and cars to show signals. In many games, the red colour is used for the penalty card and ejected from the game. 

  

  Special interest

  Red carpet, Red club, Red Cottbus, Club Red are famous names of liveliness and exhilarated. The red cross (humanitarian aid), Red hot organization(AIDS supports) and red list of threatened species (IUCN), the colour red used to grab the attention and sound trendy. 

  From KFC to CNN, the magic of red colour can be seen in the logos. Attractive, powerful, attention seeker colour red is used in the logo for food, health, entertainment and beauty. Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, Red bull, YouTube and many more brands use the red colour logo. No doubt these have already become a memorable and unforgettable logo. 

  

  Every colour has its importance. When we talk about red it has some special place. From love to danger, form devotion to blood, red has something for everyone. Love red and it will never leave you.