Color Red Connotation

Connotation, “the [suggestion] of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes” (Merriam-Webster). There are many positive and negative connotations that we use. For instance, when we think of the color red we think positively as something strong and powerful. On the other hand, we also connect it to being aggressive, hateful, and alarming. Denotation, however, is “a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea” (Merriam-Webster). Denotation is the exact meaning of a word. For example, the word rose is a red flower with a green stem. Using connotations especially in today's popular trend of the hook-up culture has many positive as well as negative associated words with this particular