• Dimensions: 200x200cm

• Year: 2008

• Skills: Acrylic on canvas

The Red is one of the three primary colors. The radiation of a wavelength of 660 nanometers causes the color sense of the red color. It is the color of planet Mars. The music of the Do phoneme. Shape wise, it’s assigned to the perfect rectangle. Why is blood’s color red? Why is the color of danger red? Why deep red color is assigned to royal activities? Can the fire retardant and the wild feeling of blood give the perfect description of how deep is the feeling red color causes? Red color is always dynamic, exciting, cheerful, optimistic and bright with strong intensity, challenging, irritating, passionate, warm, dry, acid stable, and opaque. It’s being caught exactly by human eyes. It sounds internally with a spiritual intensity. It shines and distributes its precision. Into its timeless, symbolic dimension was the fire, love, the fights, and the blood of battles. The portion of red color which tends towards orange is full of sensual passion, while the true red symbolizes exactly the opposite, the spiritual love. The archaic name of the deep red refers rather to a color that corresponds to crimson. It testifies majestic royal sovereignty and dignity, as shown in the Greek expression "Porphyrogenitus" (purple-born). The color which is defined as purple is the deep red, may mean love and wisdom, assuming that it is a mixture of red and blue (the color of wisdom). In its bad side, is a symbol of mourning, but it expresses a sadness not so new nor that deep like black for example. Deep red symbolizes love all over the world. Red defines also the physical strength and rebelliousness. It gives a sense of greatness and pride, being pleasant and attractive. It also represents the Holy Spirit. Despite being heavy, it gives vitality and vigor. It shows the need for victory and vitality. The symbolic color of materials, of the reality and weight, of the “closed”. Alkaline, it animates, gives the mood for action, brings up mood for communication and creation, gives energy, heat, stimulates circulation, removes dullness, relieves accumulated tension, increases the ability to understand, creates the mood for explorations, creates outward orientation, increases vitality and creativity. It expands our “ego” and scope, releases the repressed energy. It is the most prestigious color regarding the emotions. It is distinctive, it is soft, it just does not imply. It imposes. It is – simple as that – the Red.