Newswise blogs

Newswise Blog

Monday, August 02, 2010

Men! Wearing Red Can Enhance Your Sexiness

It’s a symbol of courage and sacrifice, of sin and sexuality, of power and passion – and now new research demonstrates that the color red makes men more alluring to women.

In the United States, England, Germany and China, women found men more appealing when they were either pictured wearing red or framed in red, compared with other colors. The finding is reported in the August issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, published by the American Psychological Association.

“Red is typically thought of as a sexy color for women only,” said Andrew Elliot, PhD, of the University of Rochester and University of Munich. “Our findings suggest that the link between red and sex also applies to men.”

Read more

Posted by Craig Jones on 08/02/10 at 01:03 PM

Comments


good to know

by Steve 08/02 02:32 PM
Page 1 of 1 pages
Commenting is not available in this section entry.



close
0.22197