Red has a range of symbolic meanings, including life, health, vigor, war, courage, anger, love and religious fervor. The common thread is that all these require passion, and the "life force" that drives passion blood is red. When people become angry their faces become flushed with color. When they're happy and healthy, they have rosy cheeks
Red has a range of symbolic
meanings, including life, health, vigor, war,
courage, anger, love and religious fervor. The
common thread is that all these require
passion, and the "life force" that drives
passion blood is red.
When people become angry their faces
become flushed with color. When they're
happy and healthy, they have rosy cheeks
(whereas when they're sick or dying, they
have a deathly pallor, lacking in red). When
men fight, blood is spilled. In all cases, red
blood manifests itself in connection to
passion.
Colors were so powerful in traditional
cultures that red objects were believed to
convey health through their color alone.