The color red is often used to talk about things that are hot or exciting. You can listen to red-hot jazz
music or eat red-hot chili peppers. If you roll out the red carpet for someone, you are giving them a big
welcome. On TV, you may see stars walking on the red carpet at the opening night of a Hollywood movie
or at the Academy Awards. After a big night like this, the stars often paint the town red, which means
that they celebrate and have fun, going to parties or nightclubs all over town. However, red isn't always
fun.
If you do something embarrassing, like spill coffee on your teacher's desk, perhaps your face is beet-red.
Your teacher's face might be red with anger, too! Or if you see a person doing something bad on
purpose, like taking someone's wallet, you can say that you caught the person red-handed. Whether it's
good or bad, red usually means something interesting is happening.