There's just something about
red and
blue, the way these two colors complement each other but also seem to oppose each other. Since they contrast so well, they seem to be paired together in some form more than any other two non-
gray scale colors: hot and cold,
red team and
blue team,
red ribbon (2nd place) and
blue ribbon (1st place). And this leads to their inevitable contrast in symbolism, and ultimately in
tropes.
Contrast of
blue and
pink is also included in this index, as pink is a shade of
red — in these situations, the contrast is usually male and female, boy and girl.
Compare
Red Index, Green Index, where the colors
red and
green are used for striking contrast.
* Of course, where
Green is Blue, these are the same pairs of colors anyway.
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