see red

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This breakthrough may finally explain why astronomers rarely see red supergiants explode, even though models predict they should account for most core-collapse supernovae.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2025

Well, it didn’t take long for one of Mr. Insights’, well, insights to make people see red.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

The researchers decided to focus on what New York University philosopher Ned Block has termed “phenomenal consciousness,” or the subjective quality of an experience—what it is like to see red or feel pain.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 22, 2023

This is the kind of betrayal that will make him see red.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2023

I don’t relent until a police car pulls up, until I see red and blue lights flashing against the wall.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu