red text

Scarlet colored lettering

Red text is text displayed in red, typically signaling danger, error, or urgency.

In digital interfaces, red text often indicates validation failures, warnings, or required fields: The form showed red text where I'd entered an invalid email.

In financial contexts, red text denotes losses or negative values, from the old accounting practice of recording debts in red ink.

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correction · markup · strikethrough · emphasis · edit · danger · notification · crimson · scarlet · bold · underline · annotation · typo · urgent · stop sign · revision · proofreading · redline

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color

red textblack ink

Dark pigmented writing fluid

white text · plain text

semantic function

red textbody text

Document's main prose

plain text

Family

red, text, reds, redder, reddest, reddish, redden, reddened, reddening

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G