What is the color red?
A: Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of
light, next to orange and opposite violet.
What is the dominant wavelength?
A: Approximately 625–740 nanometers.
It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a
secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in what model?
A: The CMYK color model.
It is the complementary color of what?
A: Cyan.
Reds range from the brilliant, yellow-tinged scarlet
and vermillion to what?
A: Bluish-red crimson.
It can vary in shade from the pale red pink to what?
A: dark red burgundy.
Red pigment made from ochre was one of the first colors
used in what?
A: Prehistoric art.
The Ancient Egyptians and Mayans colored their faces
red in for what?
A: Ceremonies.
Roman generals had their bodies colored red to
celebrate what?
A: Victories.
It was also an important color in China, where it was
used to color early what?
A: Pottery and later the gates and walls of palaces.
In the Renaissance, the brilliant red costumes for the
nobility and wealthy were dyed with what?
A: Kermes and cochineal.
The 19th century brought the introduction of the first
what?
A: Synthetic red dyes, which replaced the traditional dyes.
Red became a symbolic color of what?
A: Communism and socialism.
Soviet Russia adopted a red flag following what?
A: The Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
Since red is the color of blood, it has historically
been associated with what?
A: sacrifice, danger, and courage.
Modern surveys in Europe and the United States show red
is also the color most commonly associated with what?
A: Heat, activity, passion, sexuality, anger, love, and joy.
In China, India and many other Asian countries it is
the color symbolizing what?
A: Happiness and good fortune.