The Color Red
Red commands attention, symbolizing passion, energy, and intensity. It evokes a spectrum of emotions, from love to danger and excitement. Explore the color red in the National Museum of Asian Art collections and in collections from across the Smithsonian.
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Dressing Table and Bench
- Date
- ca. 1929
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Red Points
- Date
- 1981
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Dress worn by Dustin Hoffman in the Film Tootsie
- date made
- 1982
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Red Dawn
- Date
- (1985)
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Model 132 U Chair
- Date
- 1948
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iPod Nano
- Date
- 2009
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Valentine
- Date
- ca. 1969
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Dish with copper-red glaze, and a Xuande mark in cobalt oxide on the base
- Date
- 1426-1435
- Period
- Ming dynasty, Xuande reign