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The color red pretty much universally signals DANGER! That could be for a number of reasons.

  1. - fire is red, fire is dangerous, therefore red means danger
  2. - blood is red, and if there is a lot of it about it usually means something bad, i.e. dangerous has happened, therefore blood=red=danger
  3. - people who are angry tend to do dangerous stuff, but also get red in the face while doing so - though that's due to blood too
  4. - red is the sort of colour which gets noticed in a hurry. You want people to take note of danger quickly so you use red for your signs.

I pretty much compiled these theories based on general knowledge and a bit of searching around. There's probably an even more obvious and simple explanation which I will be happy to reveal here if someone can supply it.
 
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