of a colour at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies

her red lips

the sky was turning red outside

communist or socialist (used especially during the Cold War with reference to the Soviet Union)

the era of nuclear anxiety, the red scare and covert CIA plots

involving bloodshed or violence

red battle stamps his foot and nations feel the shock

(of a Xhosa) coming from a traditional tribal culture

a red Xhosa wife spends several years in her mother-in-law's homestead