Editing Red (section)

== Idioms ==
Many idiomatic expressions exploit the various connotations of red:
'''Expressing emotion'''
* "to see red" (to be angry or aggressive)<ref>{{Cite web |title=see red |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/see-red |access-date=January 29, 2023 |website=dictionary.cambridge.org |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506132049/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/see-red |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fetterman |first1=Adam K. |last2=Robinson |first2=Michael D. |last3=Gordon |first3=Robert D. |last4=Elliot |first4=Andrew J. |date=November 4, 2010 |title=Anger as Seeing Red: Perceptual Sources of Evidence |journal=Social Psychological and Personality Science |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=311–316 |doi=10.1177/1948550610390051 |issn=1948-5506 |pmc=3399410 |pmid=22822418}}</ref>
* "to have red ears / a red face" (to be embarrassed)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Services |first=Department of Health & Human |title=Blushing and flushing |url=http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/blushing-and-flushing |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606045032/https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/blushing-and-flushing |url-status=live }}</ref>
* "to paint the town red" (to have an enjoyable evening, usually with a generous amount of eating, drinking, dancing)<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=paint the town red |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/paint-the-town-red |access-date=January 29, 2023 |website=dictionary.cambridge.org |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326071912/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/paint-the-town-red |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''Giving warning'''
* "to raise a red flag" (to signal that something is problematic)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of RED-FLAG |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-flag |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129203850/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-flag |url-status=live }}</ref>
* "like a red rag to a bull" (to cause someone to be enraged)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Gary |title='A red rag to a bull' - the meaning and origin of this phrase |url=https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/red-rag-to-a-bull.html |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=Phrasefinder |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129203850/https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/red-rag-to-a-bull.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of A RED RAG TO A BULL |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a+red+rag+to+a+bull |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en |archive-date=2017-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819094720/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a+red+rag+to+a+bull |url-status=live }}</ref>
* "to be in the red" (to be losing money, from the accounting convention of writing deficits and losses in [[red ink]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Gary |title='In the red' - the meaning and origin of this phrase |url=https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/in-the-red.html |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=Phrasefinder |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129203850/https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/in-the-red.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of IN THE RED |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in+the+red |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606045032/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20red |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''Calling attention'''
* "a [[red letter day]]" (a special or important event, from the medieval custom of printing the dates of saints' days and holy days in red ink.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of RED-LETTER DAY |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-letter+day |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606045033/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-letter%20day |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=British Library |url=https://www.bl.uk/medieval-english-french-manuscripts/articles/medieval-calendars |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.bl.uk |archive-date=2023-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128185112/https://www.bl.uk/medieval-english-french-manuscripts/articles/medieval-calendars |url-status=live }}</ref>
* "to roll out the [[red carpet]]"  (to formally welcome an important guest)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of roll out the red carpet |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roll+out+the+red+carpet |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2018-03-05 |title=Red carpet Idiom Definition |url=https://grammarist.com/phrase/red-carpet/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129203852/https://grammarist.com/phrase/red-carpet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* "to give red-carpet treatment" (to treat someone as important or special)<ref name=":4" />
* "to catch someone red-handed" (to catch or discover someone doing something bad or wrong)<ref>{{Cite web |title=catch someone red-handed |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/catch-red-handed |access-date=January 29, 2023 |website=dictionary.cambridge.org |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326071912/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/catch-red-handed |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Other idioms'''
* "to tie up in [[red tape]]". In England red tape was used by lawyers and government officials to identify important documents. It became a term for excessive bureaucratic regulation. It was popularized in the 19th century by the writer [[Thomas Carlyle]], who complained about "red-tapism".<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://npu.edu.ua/!e-book/book/djvu/A/iif_kgpm_The%20Facts%20on%20File%20Encyclopedia%20of%20Word%20and%20Phrase%20Origins.pdf|title=The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins|last=Hendrickson|first=Robert|publisher=Facts On File, Inc.|year=2008|isbn=9780816069668|edition=4th|location=New York|oclc=166383622|access-date=2018-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823205457/http://npu.edu.ua/!e-book/book/djvu/A/iif_kgpm_The%20Facts%20on%20File%20Encyclopedia%20of%20Word%20and%20Phrase%20Origins.pdf|archive-date=2017-08-23|url-status=live}}</ref>
* "[[red herring]]". A false clue that leads investigators off the track. Refers to the practice of using a fragrant smoked fish to distract hunting or tracking dogs from the track they are meant to follow.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Red-Herring |date=2019-05-15 |title=Red Herring |url=https://www.txst.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Red-Herring.html |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.txst.edu |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529193932/https://www.txst.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Red-Herring.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home : Oxford English Dictionary |url=https://www.oed.com/start;jsessionid=D810A0D29704544E1B932C5258AA3603?authRejection=true&url=%252Fview%252FEntry%252F160314 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.oed.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125145158/https://www.oed.com/start;jsessionid=D810A0D29704544E1B932C5258AA3603?authRejection=true&url=%252Fview%252FEntry%252F160314 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* "red ink" (to show a business loss)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of RED INK |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red+ink |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en |archive-date=2013-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230153822/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20ink |url-status=live }}</ref>