I am the main color of Valentine's hearts and roses, but say my name out loud and I sound like a book you completed yesterday. What color am I?
Red
This riddle rests on the homophones 'red' and 'read.' The color red is strongly associated with Valentine's hearts and roses, while 'read' is the past-tense pronunciation of reading through a book.
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