| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.49 | And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain, | And the red glowe of scorne and prowd disdaine, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.121 | A little riper and more lusty red | A little riper, and more lustie red |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.123 | Between the constant red and mingled damask. | Betwixt the constant red, and mingled Damaske. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.4 | Looked he or red or pale, or sad or merrily? |
Look'd he or red or pale, or sad or merrily? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.37 | All hurt behind! Backs red, and faces pale | All hurt behinde, backes red, and faces pale |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.13 | Now the red pestilence strike all trades in Rome, | Now the Red Pestilence strike al Trades in Rome, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.65 | Red as 'twould burn Rome, and his injury | Red as 'twould burne Rome: and his Iniury |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.233 | Pale or red? | Pale, or red? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.62 | Since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red | Since yet thy Cicatrice lookes raw and red |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.378 | make my eyes look red, that it may be thought I have | make mine eyes looke redde, that it may be thought I haue |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.75 | 'A calls me e'en now, my lord, through a red lattice, | He call'd me euen now (my Lord) through a red Lattice, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.25 | I warrant you, is as red as any rose, in good truth, la! | (I warrant you) is as red as any Rose: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.13 | With red wheat, Davy. But for William cook – | With red Wheate Dauy. But for William Cook: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.102 | and sometimes red; but his nose is executed, and his | and sometimes red, but his nose is executed, and his |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.159 | We shall your tawny ground with your red blood | We shall your tawnie ground with your red blood |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.33 | Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me. | Pluck a red Rose from off this Thorne with me. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.37 | I pluck this red rose with young Somerset, | I pluck this red Rose, with young Somerset, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.50 | Lest, bleeding, you do paint the white rose red, | Least bleeding, you doe paint the white Rose red, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.61 | Shall dye your white rose in a bloody red. | Shall dye your white Rose in a bloody red. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.126 | Shall send between the red rose and the white | Shall send betweene the Red-Rose and the White, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.153 | (He puts on a red rose) | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.109 | Red, master, red as blood. | Red Master, Red as Blood. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.154 | Beaufort's red sparkling eyes blab his heart's malice, | Beaufords red sparkling eyes blab his hearts mallice, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.85 | H'as a book in his pocket with red letters in't. | Ha's a Booke in his pocket with red Letters in't |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.79 | Give him a box o'th' ear, and that will make 'em red | Giue him a box o'th' eare, and that wil make 'em red |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.50.3 | red roses in their hats | |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.97 | The red rose and the white are on his face, | The Red Rose and the White are on his face, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.51 | As red as fire! Nay, then her wax must melt. | As red as fire? nay then, her Wax must melt. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.82.1 | He takes his red rose out of his hat and throws it at | |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.43.2 | The red wine first must rise | The red wine first must rise |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.109 | And waving our red weapons o'er our heads, | And wauing our red Weapons o're our heads, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.116 | Poor soul! His eyes are red as fire with weeping. | Poore soule, his eyes are red as fire with weeping. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.61 | As in thy red rays thou dost sink to night, | As in thy red Rayes thou doest sinke to night; |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.62 | So in his red blood Cassius' day is set. | So in his red blood Cassius day is set. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.11 | But no more like her oriental red | But no more like her oryent all red, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.16 | If he did blush, 'twas red immodest shame, | If he did blush, twas red immodest shame, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.84 | Tell him my colours are as red as his, | Tell him my colours are as red as his, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.61 | The iron of itself, though heat red-hot, | The Iron of it selfe, though heate red hot, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.163 | With eyes as red as new-enkindled fire, | With eyes as red as new enkindled fire, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.15 | To have a thousand with red burning spits | To haue a thousand with red burning spits |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.87 | My love is most immaculate white and red. | My Loue is most immaculate white and red. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.94 | If she be made of white and red, | If shee be made of white and red, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.103 | and red. | and redde. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.262 | And therefore red, that would avoid dispraise, | And therefore red that would auoyd dispraise, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.44 | My red dominical, my golden letter. | My red Dominicall, my golden letter. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.913 | And Marian's nose looks red and raw, | And Marrians nose lookes red and raw: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.63 | Making the green one red. | Making the Greene one, Red. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.151 | thine eyes so red. Thou must be patient. I am fain to | thine eyes so red: thou must be patient; I am faine to |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.37 | bloods than there is between red wine and Rhenish. But | bloods, then there is betweene red wine and rennish: but |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.157 | By this hat, then he in the red face had it. For | By this hat, then he in the red face had it: for |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.87 | Of colour like the red rose on triumphant briar, | Of colour like the red rose on triumphant bryer, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.391 | Even till the eastern gate all fiery red | Euen till the Easterne gate all fierie red, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.11 | weapons in your hand and kill me a red-hipped humble | weapons in your hand, & kill me a red hipt humble- |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.8 | Have read it for restoratives. | Haue red it for restoratiues: |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.31 | For flesh and blood, sir, white and red, you shall | For flesh and bloud Sir, white and red, you shall |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.58 | Bloody with spurring, fiery red with haste. | Bloody with spurring, fierie red with haste. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.87 | But his red colour hath forsook his cheeks. | But his red colour hath forsooke his cheekes. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.60 | Were red-hot steel, to sear me to the brains! | Were red hot Steele, to seare me to the Braines, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.12 | Their lips were four red roses on a stalk, | Their lips were foure red Roses on a stalke, |
| Richard III | R3 V.v.19 | We will unite the White Rose and the Red. | We will vnite the White Rose, and the Red. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.65 | boot-hose on the other, gartered with a red and blue | boot-hose on the other, gartred with a red and blew |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.30 | Such war of white and red within her cheeks! | Such warre of white and red within her cheekes: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.364 | Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you | Is, I know how to curse: the red-plague rid you |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.31 | Yet do thy cheeks look red as Titan's face | Yet doe thy cheekes looke red as Titans face, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.19 | canst thou? – A red murrain o' thy jade's tricks! | thou? A red Murren o'th thy Iades trickes. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.167 | In characters as red as Mars his heart | In Characters, as red as Mars his heart |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.228 | 'Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white | Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.236 | As, item: two lips, indifferent red; item: two grey eyes, | As, Item two lippes indifferent redde, Item two grey eyes, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.107 | Pure red and white, for yet no beard has blessed him; | Pure red, and white, for yet no beard has blest him. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.111 | His red lips, after fights, are fit for ladies. | His red lips, after fights, are fit for Ladies. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.4 | For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. | For the red blood raigns in ye winters pale. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.54 | And let's be red with mirth. | And let's be red with mirth. |