Scientists have revealed that wearing the colour red will make you more attractive to the opposite sex. Studies reveal that red is the most attractive colour to both men and women but, curiously, the two genders are attracted to the same colour for different reasons.
New research out of the University of Rochester found that guys think a woman is more interested in sex when she's wearing red. For their study, scientists showed men a pic of a woman wearing a red T-shirt, and another of her wearing a white T-shirt.
As for the least preferred colors, yellow is mentioned in eight studies, while orange and green-yellow are mentioned in five studies each. Thus, the most attractive color is blue, the second most preferred is red, followed by green, while yellow was found to be the least preferred color (Figure 1).
Pink represents love, joy, happiness and romance. It doesn't need to be a whole room, even a splash will do. Alternatively, light blue is a positive relationship color.
In a previous study, scientists showed that men seem to be more attracted to women clothed in red rather than in a blah color such as white. That's regardless of the cut, he adds. "It doesn't have to be a red dress or a sexy outfit," he says. "It can be a red T-shirt."
Wrap, A-line, and sheath dresses are great if you're going to a formal event. If you really want to make his mouth water, slip on a bodycon or bandage LBD. For a sexy option, try a LBD with spaghetti straps and complement it with high heels. Pair a LBD with a denim jacket for a casual look.
Most boys and girls, and most men and women, choose blue as their favorite color. Hence, despite the popular association between blue and boys/men, it seems that all people—regardless of gender—tend to favor blue. The authors theorize that gendered color preferences might have more to do with pink than with blue.
Men prefer a woman who can stay calm and relaxed. Beauty is more than make-up and a fancy haircut. Men find women more attractive when they are neat and clean. Men find women who smell nice, who have clean hair and hydrated skin more attractive than a face perfectly covered in makeup.
#1 Color Psychology and Attraction
Either way, the color red gets your attention. A study shows that men or women are attracted to each other by the color red, but for different reasons.
When broken down by gender, men ranked gray, blue, and green eyes as the most attractive, while women said they were most attracted to green, hazel, and gray eyes. Despite brown eyes ranking at the bottom of our perceived attraction scale, approximately 79% of the world's population sports melanin-rich brown eyes.
When we look at the positive psychological traits of pink, it's the colour that expresses compassion, nurturing, caring and empathetic love. This is not the exclusive domain of little girls or women. Empathetic love is just as much for boys as it is for girls, and is just as easily expressed by men as it is by women.
Most scientific studies report that both boys and girls prefer primary colors, chief among them blue. Yet when it comes to pink, girls in the U.S. and Great Britain choose the color significantly more often than their male peers. In fact, you can see girls as young as 2 starting to prefer pink over other colors.
Clear skin is something that men, adore — doubly so if it's soft. Regular facials, the occasional trip to the dermatologist, and just having an overall healthy look to your skin is really attractive to just about everyone out there. For some guys, well-styled hair is their kryptonite.
Five smaller studies (20-38 participants) comparing women's responses to men in red or gray, including their sense of the men's status, established a chain of evidence that red may enhance sexual attractiveness because red is a status symbol, according to the authors.
Why do Boys Like Blue So Much? However, yet another research indicates that both men and women, biologically, prefer blue but men do not have any special inclination towards pink. Blue represented a clear blue sky and water in the stone age which are good signs for human life to thrive.
Since at least the 19th century, the colors pink and blue have been used as gender signifiers, particularly for infants and young children. The current tradition in the United States (and an unknown number of other countries) is "pink for girls, blue for boys".
Whether you want to suggest a 'higher sexual opportunity for males' (because, according to the study that's just what you're doing girls), or have a thing for this upcoming season's 'new black', it's not pink that'll make the boys wink, but more red that'll lure them to bed.