Since the French Revolution, the red flag has been the symbolic color of revolut

ion, and in the later 19th and 20th century, the symbolic color of socialism and
communism.[4]
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1 Etymology and definitions
2 Shades and varieties
3 History
3.1 In the ancient world
3.2 In the Middle Ages
3.3 In the Renaissance and Baroque eras
3.4 In the 18th and 19th centuries
3.5 In Imperial China
3.6 In the 20th and 21st century
4 Pigments and dyes
4.1 Red lac, red lake and crimson lake
4.2 Food coloring
5 In science
5.1 Seeing red
5.2 In color theory and on a computer screen
5.3 Why the sunset is red
5.4 Lasers
5.5 Astronomy
5.6 Fire
5.7 Autumn leaves
5.8 Blood and other reds in nature
5.9 Hair
5.10 In animal and human behavior
6 Symbolism
6.1 Courage and sacrifice
6.2 Courtly love, the red rose, and Saint Valentine's Day
6.3 Happiness, celebration and ceremony
6.4 Hatred, anger, aggression, passion, heat and war
6.5 Warning and danger
6.6 The color that attracts attention
6.7 Seduction, sexuality