Do you think that this is true? If not what colour drives you wild?


Tue Oct 28,2008 10:37 AM

From Yahoo"


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If a woman wants to drive the men wild, she might want to dress in red.

Men rated a woman shown in photographs as more sexually attractive if she was wearing red clothing or if she was shown in an image framed by a red border rather than some other color, U.S. researchers said Tuesday.

The study led by psychology professor Andrew Elliot of the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, seemed to confirm red as the color of romance -- as so many Valentine's Day card makers and lipstick sellers have believed for years.

Although this "red alert" may be a product of human society associating red with love for eons, it also may arise from more primitive biological roots, Elliot said.

Noting the genetic similarity of humans to higher primates, he said scientists have shown that certain male primates are especially attracted to females of their species displaying red. For example, female baboons and chimpanzees show red coloring when nearing ovulation, sending a sexual signal that the males apparently find irresistible.

"It could be this very deep, biologically based automatic tendency to respond to red as an attraction cue given our evolutionary heritage," Elliot, whose findings appear in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, said in a telephone interview.

The study involved more than 100 men, mostly college undergraduates, who were shown pictures of women and asked to rate how pretty they were, how much the men would like to kiss them and how much the men would like to have sex with them.

Men were shown a woman, with some of the pictures bordered in red and some bordered in white, gray or green. Even though it was the same picture of the same woman, when she was framed in red the men rated her as more attractive than when she was bordered by another color.

Men were then shown photographs of a woman that were identical except that the researchers digitally made her shirt red in some versions or blue in others. And once again, the men strongly favored the woman in red.

The men also were asked, "Imagine that you are going on a date with this person and have $100 in your wallet. How much money would you be willing to spend on your date?" When she was clad in red, the men said they would spend more money on her.

The researchers noted that the color red did not alter how men rated the women in the photographs in terms of likeability, intelligence or kindness -- only attractiveness.

The researchers then had a group of young women rate whether the pictured woman was pretty. Red had no impact on whether women rated other women as pretty, they found.

Gay men and color blind men were excluded from the study.

(Editing by Maggie Fox)

Not true at all. I prefer white, and of the birthday suit variety at that! Shows how little "science" knows!

Studies were done about the colors in a bedroom, what color was more suited for romance, calming, or incititng an arguement. It's very interesting.

Its biological, red signals readiness to mate.
Check out a baboons butt when she's ready to mate.
I am serious.

When a flame is blue or white, its hotter than lower temp. orange or red flames.
Yet when we refer to women, guys will say
"Shes red hot"

I think black is super sexy

Its from social conditioning. From sexual images in television shows and movies.

I wonder why??

Seriously though,
From a female's point of view, I have to go with red

Black is HOT!

Plaid makes me hot.

sounds like a bunch of mumbo jumbo
if i'm attracted to a woman
don't matter what color she wears

My degree is in psychology and I used to be married to a Kiwi Psych, so I'll suffice to say from a professional standpoint that naked is sexiest, f* colors. Consult the works of Freud or Jung. Forget the modern zeitgeist, clothes and colors?! WTF?!!!

I've always heard red was the 'power/control' color so if you want to say 'I'm in charge' wear red .. but if you don't want to look as if you are taking over, avoid it.

Maybe the study was taken with men who are into subm/dom ..

And that, overall, men luuuuuuuuuuv black in the bedroom (on their women I mean =) ..

Yea I'll have to go with image brainwash.

I would think that shades of colors closer to skin colors would be the most sexually attractive to men.

Blue Paisely or black lace, blaze orange, pepto bismol pink, avacado green, mike brady leisure suit sh!t brown, black n white polka dots, or red checkerboard, clairol black #1- it doesn't spark my interest. I like all colors.

Urine yellow.

Cottage cheese thighs white?

One thing I sure learned in sales is the color you wear effects the response you get from buyers.

Over the years I also saw a radical difference in the responses I got from photo's I picked to post profiles as related to colors. Some pictures elicited very little interest while others had the very distinct responses. Being revealing had it's own type of response but frequently was offensive sooner or later. Guys looking for sex drooled over the Red white and blue shots, good guys seem to be attracted to the white or pastels and jeans, the patterns and green barely made a rumble or generated "listen to my woes" matras. Orange or Gold got a lot of lets go to a ball game or drink beer. Black or Pink Satin and Grey fitted pants I got a lot of" you must have a lot of guys after you so I don't stand a chance but wow you are hot. Surpriseingly blue generated the most matrimonially minded men with kids. Church dresses seemed to bring out the religious radicals or the instantly in love types. Business attire got the most invitations to travel.

When I have sent men out of job interviews which as a social worker you do a lot or did photo shoots for profiles color was always a big deal. Women have strong color preferences. I can quadruple a guys responses with photos alone. Hairstyleing is the second major marker. With facial hair, even well groomed, being one of the biggest deterents.

So I definitely think we are conditioned to costume and color choices.

the color Naked is the most attracting