Red as Social Taboo

Red as Taboo                                                         ‘Red-light Streets, Amsterdam

Plates 8 Red for Wedding

Similarly, many common colors that human beings experiences have certainly create direct or indirect emotional impact (plate 8). Red has been used as taboo in the society- ‘Red-light Street’. On the otherhand the same red color is immensely popular color associated as wedding color (plates 8). Thus, there are colors which have different meaning and their emotional relevance in social or individual relationship. Since we have already discussed on the same topic in detail (Color Reacts, lectures 26-27) on color and its emotional relevance we need not have to repeat it again.