The color red is known to escalate the body’s metabolism through the pituitary gland. Respiration, blood pressure, and heart beat become altered in reaction to red’s physiological imprint on us. It is no wonder that this color has become so closely associated with highly emotional responses such as anger, energy, good health, fertility, passion, sensuality and love. Because of these instinctual reactions, different cultures have worn this color to mark the passing of life’s important milestones. Red remained an elusive color to produce for many centuries. Many processes were explored in different parts of the globe to find a manufacturing procedures that would produce a vibrant color that wouldn’t fade easily. Prior to the introduction of synthetic dyes (the middle of the 19th century) red became a status symbol. Replaced by purple as the preferred color among monarchs, high-ranking government officials and as a visual symbol to separate the gentry from the poor. In some cases the...