Colo(red)

The color red has many different meanings. It can remind people of anything from cherries to Satan. The color red has many different social implications. On my journey through Wisconsin Ave on Thursday the 24th my group and I found almost ten completely different things that were significantly red. The first thing we found was a stop sign. This is the first thing most people think of when the color red is mentioned. Stop signs are basically the most common red object that people see. The significance of the color in this situation is to catch the eye and symbolize danger. Stop signs are often at busy intersections and placed where people could be speeding therefore endangering their lives, so the color red catches their attention causing them to slow down and take a look around. The fact that red symbolizes danger in this sense it makes people be more cautious.
The second color red we found was in the Party Store. It was a large Valentine card with a big heart on it. The Heart was completely colored red. In this sense the color red has a social indication of love. Love is almost always associated with the color red. It may be due to the fact that red is a very passionate and vibrant color and love is like a burst of passionate feeling. It also catches attention like the stop sign. The red in the Valentine was practically the same as the shade in the stop sign. Both grabbed our attention very abruptly. The color red is a true attention getter and when something is red it very rarely goes unnoticed.