What does Red do for You?
 

An interesting bit of news from CNN, brought to you by the color red. - link.

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Sunday I wore a red blouse with a black skirt and heels. The first thing my husband said when he saw the outfit: "You look good!" He then took a double-take, looked me up and down, and said "You look really good!" I thought that was odd, but I kissed him anyway. I wasn't wearing makeup. I hadn't done my hair. I thought at the time it was because I was wearing heels. But heels rarely merit such a response. After reading that article, I think it had everything to do with that red blouse.


What does red do for you?

If you're a woman, what responses have you received when you have worn red for an evening out?
If you're a man, do you find yourself attracted to a woman wearing red?

Never noticed. However, I strongly dislike red lipstick and finger/toe nail polish. Especially red toenails. *shudder*

As for clothes, it depends on a woman. Some look good in red, some don't. I'm attracted to shapes and faces rather than colors.

I have been told I look good in red by my SO. I also seem to get more attention from random men when I am out wearing a red dress.

Ditto on the dislike for red lipstick and nail polish. As for clothing, I think red would tend to repel me slightly, as I prefer cooler colors, but overall the effect would probably be minimal.

Hmmm. I'm wondering if this works for all shades of red. I can't wear true red, because of my hair color. May have to run some unscientific experiments next time I go out. ;)

Red is my favorite color, so my opinions may be a bit skewed.
My wife is a brunette, and I like her in red.
But, it's no secret that I really like redheads.
Redheads do not carry off red clothing very well, but look damned good in green.

Yes, a red dress can work wonders. You do need to have the confidence to wear it though.

Red to me is a colour of passion, intensity, vigour, impulse, boldness. I like to wear it and luckily the colour suits me.

Red lipstick can work if worn with the right outfit, and you have the right complexion for it. Red nail polish...not so much.

Some women look awful in red - it doesn't suit their appearance. Some women look smoking hot. I'd say a hot lady wearing a red dress versus a hot lady wearing a blue dress would generally win. Though they can both look equally beautiful, the attention the lady in the red dress gets will be more intense. Though it can be a bad, ogling, sexual kind of intense. But hey, if you like that sort of thing.

As a final note:

Pink is my favorite color for girls to wear.

^ Funny that, I know a lot of guys who say the same thing! I wonder why?

LT, pinks and reds have long been associated with our primary instinct for
procreation. As a man, I am driven towards noticing those colours for
*ahem* good reasons. Same for breasts on a woman. Why are we the
only mammal that sometimes seems to select for engorged (read: full of
milk) breasts?

As for red, it doesn't do a lot for me. Exceptions include those few pale
women who can carry it off.

I can't stand girls wearing pink. Any other colour is better.

I prefer black. Black makes me feel sexy.

Admittedly, my favorite dress from high school was a clingy sheath of red jersey material with another sheath of stretchy black lace over it. It was the best of both!

For me it depends more on context than the person or color. Like that red dress in the matrix clip above, was a great contrasting color that made her look sexy because everyone else was wearing black and white.

Girls in red instantly draw my gaze. It is a bold color to wear, especially in New York. If you wear red around me, it's like a home beacon for my eyeballs. I, on the other hand, never wear red.

Red always attracts me. sometimes positive sometimes in a irritant way. Dress, scrarf, t-shirt, lips, nipples, genitals all these in red - I like them.

Red lipstick and red nailpolish just irritates me.

Back in college I purposely wore red t-shirts when ever I am about to indulge in some issues or disputes. I never analyzed why, but I always did.

I prefer cooler colors (over half my closet is blue or green), but I seem to get more random compliments when I wear red.

Come to think of it, my favorite shirt of my boyfriend's is red. Interesting.

Hmmm?? I'd guess the same thing is true in car colors as clothing. "Arrest me" red at least attracts cops. Although any really BRIGHT color tends to attract the eye.

Lindy

I've never noticed anything special about women wearing red, but it makes sense. When people are sexually stimulated, the often become flushed which is a hue of red. It's the same reason women wear red lipstick.

It makes no difference to me. At least not that I've noticed.


They never have their clothes on long enough...

I couldn't wear green if my life depended on it. I look like I have a terminal illness if I wear green or yellow.

I can, however, wear very bright red; it's a fallacy that someone with red hair can't wear red. If anything, our hair and skin reflects the colors we put on. My hair looks redder with reds, burgundies and, for some reason, black. It looks dull if I wear beiges or blues. Same with my skin-looks sallow in anything with yellow or orange, but rosy in reds and pinks.

I don't know that this is something you would notice about yourself but it seems like something that's more subconscious. I've always known different colors were associated with different things, red is also associated with hunger (thus all the red in restaurants). It's not a stretch to think that men find women in red more attractive but I can't say I've noticed it.

I'll have to go find me a bright red dress or blouse and do an experiment.

I may be wrong, but I think it kind of depends on the type of red hair. I have natural auburn hair but I dye my hair bright red. It's almost the color of my avatar's hair, just a bit darker. It seems to go OK with red as long as I break it up with other colors.

I only have one blouse that is all red and my SO loves when I wear it.

I do like green, specially since it sets off my green eyes.

I am most comfortable in black, like snowy, it's a sexy color.

I think it also depends on the shade of red. I used to be able to wear what they used to call "fuck me" red polish and lipstick. I even had the matching heels and purse.

But if I wear a red with more orange or brown to it, I get washed out. Same with greens and yellows. If they're pastel or wimpy shades, they're awful. But if they're vivid, cool shades they work with my complexion. At one time, I thought I couldn't wear brown but found a couple of shades that really work well.

Most of us fall into either cool or warm shades and can wear any color, but the trick is finding the tone (or is it hue?) that works best with our skin.

So, red definitely used to make me feel energetic and sexy, 'specially that little red dress or Jones NY suit. But I'm learning that when you reach a certain (ahem) point, you'll want to stick to subtle hints of red (lingerie is good!) as a lot of red will tend accentuate the same thing that too much makeup accentuates when you hit this (ahem) point.

Red tattoos?

Thank you for the great responses, everyone!

I'm very lucky when it comes to wearing colours - almost black hair, dark eyes and pale skin (Italian colouring I've been told though there's no Italian in my family background) So I can wear most colours (though blue and yellow don't look fab)

I do tend towards bright colours - lots of emerald greens, reds, oranges, purples etc etc in my wardrobe (easily seen because of my compusive habit of arranging my clothes by colour and hue).
I tend to stay away from bright red nails and lips though, I go for either pinks, browns and maroons there.

I've found I get alot more cumstomers at work though if I wear red so might be true, either that or it's just the contrast since everyone else there tends towards black.

I don't know if I would say red makes me feel sexy (heck I am wearing red atm and not trying to be sexy) I just like the way it interacts with my skin and hair tones

perhaps this is why i have more red underwear than any other colour. :D
red definitely makes me feel sexy.

I for some reason, have a perfect skin complexion for the color red. I have been told that with my hair short I look like snow white. im2smrt4u loves me in red, this is the reason that my wedding dress has red as the accent color.