why is red used...

[dragonrider]

Daltonism is the belief that Timothy Dalton was the best James Bond, which is a form of mental retardation.

dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on 11-24-2007. why is red used... in alot of school work type things... i just remembered it and started wondering why red was chosen... see nearly every book i've ever had it had red 'examples' in it, or important dates/events are written in red, the teacher usually uses a red pen to grade papers.... hell even the bible with the highlighted jesus text uses red... so why red? does anyone actually have an explination..? the only reason i can think of is it's bright enough to draw your attention while not being dark enough Rating: 5

[LIP]

Daltonism is the belief that Timothy Dalton was the best James Bond, which is a form of mental retardation.

Lol. I couldnt stand him. Sean Connery was my favourite - i prefer the originals.

[Coelho]

Yes LIP, its a kind of color blindness... (Color blindness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
I have a close friend that has it, so i can note when someone also has... we used to have long discussions before i realized that he was daltonic... cause we would never agree about colors... he has called orange black, green brown... he used to say that red was like a shade of green ... anyway... i would love to understand how is your perception of color... like... how do you see the red and the green? they are alike? I know its hard to describe colors... but i would like very much to know...

[rebgirl420]

Well, why are Stop signs red? B/c red gets your attention. It's just a natural reaction.

[LIP]

Yes LIP, its a kind of color blindness... (Color blindness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
I have a close friend that has it, so i can note when someone also has... we used to have long discussions before i realized that he was daltonic... cause we would never agree about colors... he has called orange black, green brown... he used to say that red was like a shade of green ... anyway... i would love to understand how is your perception of color... like... how do you see the red and the green? they are alike? I know its hard to describe colors... but i would like very much to know...

I personally dont think it effects me - im not sure i even AM colour blind, it might just be that i couldnt really be arsed with the test they do.

Supposidly im red/green colour blind, those colours have never been an issue. Grass is green, and blood is red. A darkish red - obviously not too dark. DAMN, this is hard to explain.

The only time i've had trouble with colours was in school - for example sometimes purple looked like black [dark purple]

That's the only time i can think of not being able to make out colours.