Red=Stop

Colors are used all around us in many different ways and for many different reasons. They are used to draw our attention to the product or the situation. There are many uses of different colors that merchandisers use to encourage people to react and buy the products. Colors are also used in everyday signs for different purposes. Bold bright colors like red are used in the sign world to portray stop. The Stop sign itself went through many changes until it gained its red with white letters to signify STOP universally. At first the stop sign was white with black, yellow with black, and then finally it was agreed that since red is the universal “stop” color used on all traffic signals that the stop sign itself should be red.