Red
* In the original
Star Trek series, red uniforms are for engineering and security personnel. (On away missions, ensigns in a
red uniform would often get killed.) From
Star Trek: The Next Generation onwards, red uniforms are for command personnel.
* In the
Power Rangers and
Super Sentai series, the
Red Ranger is usually the leader of the team, and always the most powerful member. Most Red Rangers in Power Rangers and all Red Warriors in Super Sentai have been male, but there has been an exception in
Power Rangers: SPD.
*In the
Star Wars universe, red is traditionally (although not always in the Expanded Universe) the color of light sabers used by the
Sith, evil users of
the Force. This is because a red
lightsaber crystal is synthetically made, and therefore separated from the natural world. A red crystal is supposed to be stronger. The
Jedi traditionally avoid using or making red lightsabers. In
Knights of the Old Republic video games, red represents the dark side of the Force.
* In the
Magic: The Gathering trading card game, Red is the color associated with dealing damage, with direct-damage cards and creatures with large power in relation to toughness. See
Seeing Red, an article by head
Magic designer
Mark Rosewater for more.
*
Red is the last film in the
Three Colors trilogy by
Krzysztof Kieślowski.
* In the
Disney/
Pixar film,
The Incredibles, red is worn by the entire Incredible Family. In the
Disney on Ice play,
Disney Presents Pixar's The Incredibles in a Magic Kingdom Adventure,
Helen briefly has objections about how red her super-suit looks.
*In the
1983 television mini-series V and
V: The Final Battle (
1984), as well as the short-lived weekly series that followed, all of the
Visitors wear red
jumpsuits.
Hungarian has two words for red, medium
piros and dark
vörös, which are distinct colors the way red and
pink are distinct colors in English.
In
Turkish there are numerous words for red:
Al generally refers to the color of blood and related things (blushing, Turkish flag);
Kızıl is bright red, and generally refers to fire or rebellion (sunset, communist).
Kırmızı is a more general word for red, without strong emotional meaning.
In some decorating and fashion contexts, shades of red are describes by reference to the colors of fruits and vegetable that commonly match that shade. These include
cherries,
beets,
turnips,
strawberries (often used in referring to "strawberry blonde" hair), and
raspberries (as referenced in the
Prince song, "
Raspberry Beret". While the most popular color for
apples is a dark shade of red, the fruit is usually invoked in fashion or decorating to reference a pale yellowish green.
In
Welsh a "blue" movie (i.e. pornographic) is called a
ffilm goch (a red movie).
Red is "lal" in Bangla.
In Sanskrit, "arun" can refer to a shade resembling vermillion.
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Alizarin *
Carmine *
Indian red *
Red lead *
Red ochre *
Vermilion * Mercury oxide
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List of colors zh-yue:紅
