RED COLOUR
RED COLOUR
There are many colours in our world. Think of how bland and unexciting it would be without colour. Colours light up our surroundings, and inspire us to be creative. Also, we can learn many things from the natural colours we see and what they symbolize.
Red always represents action, vigour, passion, and anger, which are all very active feelings. Where do we see red? How about…stop signs? They catch drivers’ eyes, as they require an immediate response to stop. To ‘raise a red flag’ means to alarm and alert someone with unexpected information. Also, what about animal warnings? Hourglass figures on black widows’ backs, or marks on dangerous animals, are red too. Gypsy moths, Cicadas and termites are all destructive. Red is often used in the military, in battle, and also on a lighter note, represents Christmas. Sometimes red can mean evil. Red is the colour most commonly found in national flags to symbolize the blood that was shed to protect the land.
Courtly love, the red rose, and Saint Valentine's Day
Red is the colour most commonly associated with love, followed at a great distance by pink. It the symbolic colour of the heart and the red rose, is closely associated with romantic love or courtly love and Saint Valentine's Day. Both the Greeks and the Hebrews considered red a symbol of love as well as sacrifice.
The Roman de la Rose, the Romance of the Rose, a thirteenth-century French poem, was one of the most popular works of literature of the middle Ages. It was the allegorical search by the author for a red rose in an enclosed garden, symbolizing the woman he loved, and was a description of love in all of its aspects. Later, in the 19th century, British and French authors described a specific language of flowers; giving a single red rose meant 'I love you,
Saint Valentine, a Roman Catholic Bishop or priest who was martyred in about 296 AD, seems to have had no known connection with romantic love, but the day of his martyrdom on the Roman Catholic
There are many colours in our world. Think of how bland and unexciting it would be without colour. Colours light up our surroundings, and inspire us to be creative. Also, we can learn many things from the natural colours we see and what they symbolize.
Red always represents action, vigour, passion, and anger, which are all very active feelings. Where do we see red? How about…stop signs? They catch drivers’ eyes, as they require an immediate response to stop. To ‘raise a red flag’ means to alarm and alert someone with unexpected information. Also, what about animal warnings? Hourglass figures on black widows’ backs, or marks on dangerous animals, are red too. Gypsy moths, Cicadas and termites are all destructive. Red is often used in the military, in battle, and also on a lighter note, represents Christmas. Sometimes red can mean evil. Red is the colour most commonly found in national flags to symbolize the blood that was shed to protect the land.
Courtly love, the red rose, and Saint Valentine's Day
Red is the colour most commonly associated with love, followed at a great distance by pink. It the symbolic colour of the heart and the red rose, is closely associated with romantic love or courtly love and Saint Valentine's Day. Both the Greeks and the Hebrews considered red a symbol of love as well as sacrifice.
The Roman de la Rose, the Romance of the Rose, a thirteenth-century French poem, was one of the most popular works of literature of the middle Ages. It was the allegorical search by the author for a red rose in an enclosed garden, symbolizing the woman he loved, and was a description of love in all of its aspects. Later, in the 19th century, British and French authors described a specific language of flowers; giving a single red rose meant 'I love you,
Saint Valentine, a Roman Catholic Bishop or priest who was martyred in about 296 AD, seems to have had no known connection with romantic love, but the day of his martyrdom on the Roman Catholic