Metaphor or literally? I am aware 'rose colored glasses' is often used as a metaphor, but as a photographer, I am aware how light works, and how it doesn't. I'll tackle the literal, as that tends to be how I see things anyway. In the case of glasses, that is transmission of light. Reflection is the main way we see light, normally. That case works a bit differently, but I'll stick to transmission for the moment. The material of the glass absorbs the other colors. What it doesn't absorb, is what we can see, so it passes that wavelength. We call call it a low pass filter. (Red, or ROSE, being a longer wavelength than say, yellow or blue) So a red flag would look red. A Blue flag would look dull, almost black. A yellow flag would be somewhat in between, or gray. B&W photographers have known this for decades, and used it intentionally. (Myself included) It is one way of making a bright blue sky look dramatic, and dark, yet the white (All colors) clouds will really stand out and POP. (Using a red filter) You have probably seen examples of this. So the answer is... A Red flag will REFLECT red light, that is why they look red. The red (rose) colored glasses will transmit red better than any other color, so the flags are red. The saying is false.

No. A born optimist, I see the good in people. Through online dating, I have met about 100 men over the years. As an extrovert, I enjoy meeting new people, and bounce back from disappointments. I learned:

1.To pay attention to my gut feelings and red flags.

2. If I feel hurt, listen for the kernel of truth, learn from it, and let the bad feelings go.

The last man I met through Fitness Singles is an environmental attorney and extremely fit. A man after my own heart.

A few weeks ago we met in Wenatchee for the first time. I took him on a short, beautiful hike and packed us lunch. Afterward, he texted:

"I loved how you treated me. I loved getting to know you. I loved how we shared."

Yet he said no when I asked if he wants to get together again.

"You are more artistic and tolerant and I am more lawyerly and judgmental," he wrote. "You are more social and accepting than I am. I think that circumstance could lead to some friction."

"I don't really care much for people generally" he continued. "I'm partly that way because I quickly run out of patience for people."

"I agree with your point that 'we all have different strengths ' I commonly tend to think of it from a different approach, however, by saying 'we're all dealing with something.'"

He did me a favor by saying no. He's right. Our personalities are too different.

It resonates deeply.

Yes, you can't see what you won't see.

People tend to see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear.

Why I don't use rosecolored glasses. Reality shows red flags as warning warning.

It is quite an ambiguous statement to say some people see the world through rose tinted glasses. We all see the world through the prism of our own experience and circumstance. If being an optimist is what this refers to, then quite often this is a personality trait and may be preferable to having opposite outlook on life.

Being a born cynic, l have never done that, but l have certainly known those people.

There are things we see the way we choose to see them....

This is a variation of "love is blind". Yeah, it's true. Reality eventually hits you (if you're lucky), and all the warts and alarm bells become painfully obvious.

No. I mean I get the intent but tinting everything more positively doesn't make everything positive. You can still pick out stuff that is red

Why didn't I know this before now?!?! Stomping them to bits as I write this........

Very much, yes.

I've missed a few of those myself over the years because I only took them off while looking back.

I have never looked at the world through rose colored glasses but it sure makes sense to me.