It says poison, passion and stop right there. It is the most powerful color on the planet and it is rife with contradictions. Its universal meanings are heat, blood, danger and emotion. A red light means that the doctor is in. red cars are sexual status symbols. Red heads are supposed to be firebrands. The devil wears red and so do scarlet women. Those with heart problems are advised to avoid the color because it is so stimulating. Red light has been known to accelerate plant growth.

    In China, it is a wedding color denoting luck and happiness. According to Hebrew tradition the name Adam, the first man means both red and alive. Advertisers love red because it’s high energy, high impact color; those attracted to it demand to be noticed.

    In the past, red dyes were expensive, so red walls and fabrics suggested luxurious wealth, importance or ill repute. Today careful use can easily suggest an Asian influence. Red’s connection with heat is so strong that it can make you feel warmer even when the temperature hasn’t changed. Too much brings associations with violent emotions leading to impatience, confusion and irritability. Used with caution is can enrich although it does tend to make small rooms even smaller.

    紅色意味著毒藥、激情和立即停止。它是這個世界上最有力的顏色，而總是和矛盾聯(lián)系在一起。它普遍的意思是灼熱、鮮紅、危險和情感。一盞紅色的燈還意味著手術進行中，紅色的車是性感的象征。紅頭發(fā)的人易怒。魔鬼就穿紅色。水性揚花的女人也是這樣。心臟病患者最好避開紅色，因為紅色太刺激了。眾所周知，紅光可以使植物加速生長。

    在中國，紅色是婚禮上的顏色，象征著幸運與幸福。而根據(jù)希伯萊人的傳統(tǒng)記載，世界上第一個男人的名字“亞當”，就是“紅色”和“生命”的意思。廣告客戶都喜歡紅色，因為這是一種精力旺盛、頗具感染力的顏色，喜歡紅色的人都喜歡引起別人的注意。

    過去，紅色染料都很昂貴，因此，紅色的墻和織物意味著奢華、財富、重要性和壞名聲�，F(xiàn)在，謹慎地使用紅色很容易讓人想到亞洲的影響。紅色和熱的聯(lián)系是如此緊密，即使氣溫沒有改變，紅色也可以使你感到溫暖。過多的紅色會讓人心情浮躁，以至失去耐心、引起混亂和易怒。小心使用紅色，它能使你的房間更富有情趣，盡管它會使你原本小的房間看起來更小。