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Red triangle

A red triangle (upright 🔺 or 🔻 inverted) or red wedge is used as a symbol with a variety of meanings, including:

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A red triangle (upright 🔺 or 🔻 inverted) or red wedge is used as a symbol with a variety of meanings, including:

Red triangle

Societal symbols

Internet and communications

The dictionary definition of 🔻 U+1F53B at Wiktionary
U+1F53A 🔺 "UP-POINTING RED TRIANGLE"
U+1F53B 🔻 "DOWN-POINTING RED TRIANGLE"

Red wedge

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge source ↗

The red wedge from El Lissitzky's 1919 poster Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge has been used in many artworks and political symbols.

Other artworks and artists

  • The Red Wedge – 1918 sculpture by Nikolai Kolli (an earlier artwork)
  • Red Wedge – British left-wing musical collective of the 1980s

Red wedge symbols in logos and artworks

Upright red triangles

An upward-pointing red triangle has been used to represent:

Commercial logos

Military and maritime

Geography

Politics

Further: Red triangle (badge) § Eight-hour workday

Other symbols

Inverted red triangles

A downward-pointing red triangle has been used to represent:

Commercial logos

Logos of NGOs

  • YMCA – Worldwide youth organization

Media

Anti-fascism

Military

Awards and honours

See also

See also

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