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What does red stand for?

Red represents auspiciousness, jubilation, enthusiasm, happiness, boldness, courage, fighting spirit, revolution, exuberance and passion.

Red is a symbol of life, vitality, health, enthusiasm, vitality and happiness. Because red has the lowest light wave frequency, the longest wavelength, the strongest diffraction ability and the most eye-catching in the visible spectrum, it gives people a sense of visual proximity and expansion, and is easy to cause excitement, excitement and tension. Red has a strong and exposed personality, full of strength and impulse, positive connotation and enterprising spirit, and is loved by lively and active people.

Because of the different colors, lightness and purity, different reds will have different psychological effects when used in clothing, such as red enthusiasm, simplicity and steadiness of crimson, purple Wen Ya and soft, gorgeous and bright pink, bright and gorgeous roses, deep and elegant wine red, especially pink magenta, which gives people a healthy, dreamy, happy and shy feeling.

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The representative meaning of red:

In China, red traditionally means happiness. For example, it is used to decorate weddings and Spring Festival. Red is also an important representative color of China, so it is called "China Red".

In China, red also symbolizes smoothness, success, being valued or welcomed by people, such as "Red Man", "Popular", "Popular", "Internet Celebrity", "Good Luck" and "Full House".

Red is the color of love, especially vigorous love.

North American stock market, red indicates that the stock price has fallen; In the East Asian market, red indicates that the stock price has risen.

Since ancient times, writing letters in red font is a serious insult to each other. If the recipient is an acquaintance of the sender, it means breaking up with a little magic.

In the analogy between physical acoustics and optics, red often represents low-frequency and long-wave sounds (such as the sound of beating drums), because red light belongs to low-frequency light, and this sound is also more exciting and exciting, giving people the feeling of red, which is contrary to high-frequency and short-wave sounds (such as the sound of breaking glass). The sound is calm and cold, giving people a blue feeling.