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This reference is designed to help you learn and expand your vocabulary with a focus on things that are red. It examines various red items found in nature, foods, and other common objects. Throughout this reference, you will discover a wide array of red-colored items, from animals and plants to everyday objects.
List of Things that Are Red
Red is also a color associated with Christmas. It appears on Christmas trees, clothing, wrapping paper, and Christmas stockings. Because red is often tied to blood, there is sometimes an element of danger associated with the item.
Below are 48 things that are red, can be read, or are often red.
- Stop signs
- Fire trucks
- Ruby Slippers (from the Wizard of Oz)
- Red lipstick
- Red Robin (Hamburger chain)
- Redheads (human)
- Redbull (energy drink)
- Red nail-polish
- Heart symbol
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Wagons
- Sunburn
- Red Velvet Cake
- Red M&Ms
- Barns
- Christmas lights
- Christmas tree ornaments
- Red squares on a checker board
- Sports cars (often red)
- Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer’s nose
- Red flags (warning signs either in relationships or indicating danger)
- Red dresses
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Red Stick (cypress pole thought to have given the city of Baton Rouge, LA its name)
- Christmas wrapping paper
- Big Red Button (plot element, often in Science Fiction or Fantasy)
- Christmas sweater
- Christmas stocking
- Lasers
- Red herring
- Woman in the red dress (The Matrix film)
- Feathers
- Red-shirts (Star Trek characters who are brought in only to die quickly)
- Royal Guard uniform (British guards)
- Printer ink
- Red crayon
- Red tape (in Bureaucracy)
- Bricks
- Fire hydrants
- Lips
- Pen
- Silo
- Bloodshot eyes
- Red (film series)
- Red October (submarine in “The Hunt for Red October”)
- Red Dawn (1984 film)
- The Woman in Red (1984 film)
- Red threat (Cold War phrase used to describe the growing power of communism in the Soviet Union)
Things that Are Red in Nature
Below are 78 words that describe things in nature that are sometimes, often, and always red.
- Aberdeen Angus (cattle)
- Adaptaur (cattle)
- Akita (dog)
- Amaryllis
- Anemone
- Anglerfish
- Armorican (cattle)
- Asoka
- Australian Cattle Dog (dog)
- Australian Shepherd (dog)
- Autumn leaves
- Azalea
- Begonia
- Blaarkop (cattle)
- Blood
- Brangus (cattle)
- Camellia
- Capsicum
- Cardinal
- Chrysanthemum
- Cocker Spaniel (dog)
- Columbine
- Dachshund (dog)
- Dragon’s blood
- Flamingo
- Geranium
- Hereford (cattle)
- Hibiscus leaves
- Holly berries
- Irish Setter (dog)
- Irish Terrier (dog)
- Japanese spider crab
- Jasper (mineral)
- Ladybug
- Macaw
- Maple leaf
- Mars
- Norwegian Red (cattle)
- Octopus
- Parrot
- Petunia
- Pie Rouge des Plaines (cattle)
- Poinsettia flowers
- Polish Red (cattle)
- Red and White Setter (dog)
- Red Angus (cattle)
- Red ants
- Red blood cells
- Red coral
- Red Devon (cattle)
- Red diamond
- Red dirt
- Red Dwarf (star)
- Red fern
- Red flames
- Red Giant (star)
- Red goldfish
- Red Heifer (cattle)
- Red lilly
- Red opal
- Red panda
- Red sheep
- Red Sindhi (cattle)
- Red spot (on Jupiter)
- Red squirrel
- Red topaz
- Roses
- Ruby
- Saffron
- Scarlet sage
- Siamese fighting fish
- Sol (Earth’s sun)
- Starfish
- Sunsets
- Swedish Red-and-White (cattle)
- Tarentaise (cattle)
- Tomato frog
- Zinnia
Foods that Are Red
Below are 34 words that describe red foods:
- Apple
- Beet
- Blood orange
- Cherries
- Chilli
- Crab
- Cranberries
- Grapes
- Guarana fruit
- Kidney beans
- Lobster
- Lychee
- Nectarine
- Pomegranate
- Radish
- Raspberry
- Red beans
- Red bell pepper
- Red meat
- Strawberries
- Tomatoes
- Watermelon
- Red pear
- Rhubarb
- Prawns
- Crawfish
- Crayfish
- Red plums
- Licorice
- Red wine
- Redfish
- Red snapper
- Prickly pear
- Red bananas
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