Quote Originally Posted by Yulia65 View Post
Another interesting example of using "красный" in the meaning of "beautiful, nice, bright, good" is a saying "долг платежом красен" (a debt is good when it is paid off).
And there are more of them in the folklore: "красная девица" (a beautiful girl), "не красна изба углами, а красна пирогами" (a hut is good /beautiful/ not because of its corners, but because of its pies /i.e. which the host offers to guests/).