Red

紅色

It says poison, passion and stop right there. It is the most powerful colour on the planet and it is rife with contradictions. Its universal meanings are heat, blood, danger and emotion.

紅色意味著毒藥、激情和立即停止。紅色是世界上最有力的顏色，總是與矛盾聯系在一起。紅色最普遍的意思是灼熱、鮮血、危險和感情。

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 colour because it is so stimulating. Red light has been known to accelerate plant growth.

紅燈意味著 “手術中”。紅色的車是性感的象征。紅頭發的人易怒。魔鬼就穿紅色，朝三暮四的女人也是這樣。心臟病患者最好避開紅色，因為太刺激了。眾所周知，紅光可以使植物加速生長。

In China, it is a wedding colour 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 a high energy, high impact color; those attracted to it demand to be noticed.

在中國，紅色是喜慶的顏色，也是婚禮的顏色。而根據希伯來人的傳統，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，喜歡紅色的人喜歡引起別人的注意。

In the past, red dyes were expensive, so red walls and fabrics suggested either 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 it can enrich although it does tend to make small rooms even smaller.

過去，紅色的染料都很昂貴，因此，紅色的墻和織物意味著奢華、財富、重要性或壞名聲。現在，謹慎地使用紅色很容易讓人想到亞洲的影響。紅色與熱的聯系是如此緊密，即使氣溫沒有改變，紅色也可以使你感到更溫暖。過多的紅色會使人情緒浮躁，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，盡管它會使小房間看起來顯得更小。