Seeing the Color Red

Seeing red in a dream points to feelings that make your heart race and pull you back into noticing life's colors again — like living through spring in the dead of winter, so to speak. Red in a dream stands for the dreamer's heart. It suggests falling into a love so powerful it feels like being reborn, feeling something more special than anything felt before. But red also carries a darker side — anger. It points to an intense, heated situation that pushes the dreamer to the edge, possibly even ending in a physical fight with someone.

Red also suggests a romantic love is coming your way soon, and that something you've been hoping for will happen faster than expected — though a few arguments may come along with it. It's said to represent someone wealthy, elegant, and refined. Wearing red clothes points to having good manners and skill, while red foods point to gaining some benefit through the government or people in high positions. Seeing your own skin turn red points to relief from sorrow, and red objects in general represent people who are healthy and strong-willed. This dream is also tied to being devout, having a pure faith, and good physical health.

Wearing a Red Dress

This points to a matter of the heart. It suggests a new, beautiful love story is about to begin.

Seeing Red Sheets

This points to excitement between spouses, deep love, and devotion to one another. It's tied to harmony and affection within a marriage — the couple is said to love each other passionately for the rest of their lives and go on to have wonderful children.

Seeing Red Shoes

This isn't a good sign. Seeing or wearing red shoes suggests the dreamer will fall ill or run into a difficult situation.

Seeing a Red Carpet

This suggests the dreamer's hopes, wishes, and plans will come true faster than expected — sooner than they'd prepared themselves for — and that it'll come as a wonderful surprise.

Seeing a Red Sweater

This suggests the dreamer's feelings will be returned. Someone who dreams of a red sweater is said to be headed for real happiness.

Another Interpretation

Seeing red can also be read as a sign that the people around you genuinely listen to your ideas and take your opinions seriously. For someone in love, this dream is said to signal a long, committed relationship ahead. It can also point to a tendency to express your feelings openly and intensely — though that same intensity might sometimes rub the people around you the wrong way.