If you want to show your beloved how you truly feel on Valentine’s Day, a card and a bottle of champagne is always good, but what could be a more dramatic gesture of your passion than sending Sky Lanterns into the sky on February 14th?
In terms of colours, you might choose a lantern with pink or red, or both. Pink is the colour most often associated with tranquillity and romance, while red is associated with lust, passion, love, and beauty – not to mention danger! Dangerous passion, perhaps? Red is also the most emotionally intense colour. It stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. But when you think about it, too, what colour most draws the attention when you look around you? Red sports cars, red flags, red clothing, even the colour red on product packaging and advertising always draws the eye first.
The colour red’s association with love and beauty is possibly related to the use of red roses as a love symbol. Both the Greeks and the Hebrews considered red a symbol of love, as well as sacrifice. Psychological research has shown that men find women who are wearing red more attractive. Which might explain why Chris de Burgh’s song “The Lady in Red” is still popular many years after it was first released.
And let’s not forget the red flame of passion. “Flaming love”, “The fire of love”, “Love is a burning thing.” Sky Lanterns for February 14th are a doubly effective, then – with the red or pink in the lantern and the flame of love sending it into the sky to show your partner just how much you love them.
