Red is a color located at the long wavelength end of the visible light spectrum, ranging from approximately 625-750 nanometers. Positioned next to orange and opposite violet, it is a primary color in the RGB model and a secondary color in CMYK. The complementary color to red is cyan. Red hues vary considerably, encompassing shades like scarlet, vermillion, crimson, pink, and burgundy.
In 1900, the Labour Party in Britain (founded 1900) was founded. Red also became the color of many social democratic parties in Europe.
In 1900, the Labour Party was founded in the United Kingdom, and it was closely associated with the red flag.
The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901 and chose red as their color.
In August 1914, with the outbreak of the First World War, the British Army stopped wearing the red military uniform as a dress uniform.
Following the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, Soviet Russia adopted a red flag, which would later be used throughout the entire history of the Soviet Union as the Soviet red banner.
In 1917, following the success of the Russian Revolution, red became the color of the Russian Bolsheviks.
In 1918, the Christian-Social People's Party in Liechtenstein was founded and advocated for democracy and progressive social policies.
With the end of the German Empire in 1918, the colors red, white, and black, associated with German nationalism, began to be used by the Nazi party.
In 1919, the Communist Party USA chose red as their color.
In 1920, the Chinese Communist Party was founded.
In 1920, the North-West Mounted Police, created in 1873, was renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They continued to wear the Red Serge uniform.
In 1927, red color started to be used for the margin of danger warning sign, give way signs and prohibitory signs in Germany, following the previous German-type signage (established by Verordnung über Warnungstafeln für den Kraftfahrzeugverkehr).
In 1949, the Chinese Communist Party took power in China, and the red flag and hammer and sickle became the national symbols.
In 1960, the ruby laser was invented, which emitted in the red region of the spectrum.
In 1962, the red helium–neon laser was invented and was widely used in scientific applications including holography, and in education. They were also used commercially in LaserDisc players.
In 1968, at the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, red was standardized as the international color of stop signs and stop lights on highways and intersections.
In 1968, national colors were mostly replaced in Formula One by commercial sponsor liveries. However, Ferrari always kept the traditional red, although the shade of the color varies.
In 1972, the Socialist Party of America was dissolved.
After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia reverted to the pre-revolutionary blue, white, and red flag.
In 1994, Sweden joined the European Union, which led to the country lifting its ban on Allura Red AC.
The Red Hat Society, a social group for women 50 and over, was founded in 1998.
During the 39-day recount following the 2000 United States presidential election, media began to discuss the contest in terms of "red states" versus "blue states".
In 2000, paleoanthropologists found evidence inside cave 13B at Pinnacle Point that Late Stone Age people were scraping and grinding ochre, likely to color their bodies, between 170,000 and 40,000 years ago.
In 2004, Georgia adopted a new white flag, which consists of four small and one big red cross in the middle touching all four sides.
On June 30, 2010, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) called for the FDA to ban Red 40.
In 2016, red was found on the flags of 77 percent of the 210 countries listed as independent. This made it the most common color found in national flags.
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