What does the color red mean in US?

Answer 1

Red is the color of a ripe apple, blood, or a ripe tomato.

In the US the word 'red' may be used to mean other things too, such as:

* To imply anger, as in, "He made me so mad, I saw red." * To indicate embarrassment, as in, "When I realized I had called him the wrong name, I turned beet red." * To say you are going out for a night of on the town to party, "We're going to paint the town red tonight!" * In debt, "My accountant said the company is in the red." * A communist, "He is a Red spy." * An offensive and derogatory reference to Native Americans, "She married a Red man." * A wine made with the skin left on, colored red, "Let's share a bottle of Red." * To describe an animal or person with rusty, auburn, or reddish-brown colored hair, as in: a red fox, Red haired woman, red horse, red dog, red wolf, red panda, etc. * The term "Red herring" which is something used as a diversion or a means to draw attention away from the actual central issue. * A certain temperature of heat, as "Red hot".