全世界的炼金师炼出的不老药都是红色的，在欧洲传统中，除了朱红，其他红色也被用来作为难得的不老药，或者叫生命力或魔法石的可能原料。
土地的平衡性体现在其红色上，因为在亚里士多德的颜色体系中，红色不偏不倚处于黑白的正中。
人类死后会变为腐土，而且就像伊西多尔认为的那样，人类就起源于腐土，甚至连人类的“名字”（human）都来自“腐土”（humus）。
80%的国旗都用到了红色，使其成为所有国旗上最受欢迎的颜色。
绝大多数国家国旗上的红色都象征着“抗击侵略者的战争”“军队的勇猛”“勇气”“战士的鲜血”“牺牲者的鲜血”……这些文化迥异的国家在对红色意义的理解上竟达成了高度一致。
Synopsis
The color red arrests our
attention more than any others and has held a special place in human
aesthetics. The book shows us a material and cultural history, through
describing the many forms and meanings the colour red takes, and where
it comes from.
About Spike Bucklow
Professor of material
culture and a conservation scientist at the Hamilton Kerr Institute,
University of Cambridge. He was originally trained as a chemist but
has always had an interest in the arts. He wrote numerous books on
artists’ materials and methods.
