Sexy Colour
Colour plays a huge part in ours lives, not least in our appreciation of the opposite sex. Some of this has to be learned behaviour, the psychological element of how colour influences our attraction to others being accumulated over the course of our lives.
Social and cultural elements can’t be ignored in how they shape our reactions to different colours. The classic example of course being the western world’s use of red to indicate danger and the eastern (specifically Chinese) culture regarding it as the colour of good fortune.
Strange then how we in the west also see red as the colour of passion. Perhaps not. It’s not uncommon in female primates for their genitals to become red when they are most receptive to the attention of the males of their respective species. See the inset picture of Celebes macaques from Radu Xplorator)
Not all primates (or mammals as a whole) see in colour. Despite the fact that the gene which gives rise to what we regard as normal polychromatic vision being present in prosimians (Michael H. Rowe, News in Physiological Sciences, Vol. 17, No. 3, 93-98, June 2002) only certain species actually posses full colour visions. Rather ironically in spider monkeys it’s the females that tend to see in Technicolor.
There is variation too within species, including ourselves. Our perception of colour being subtly different from each other, and that’s not to mention individuals with colour blindness.
So I have two questions, should anyone feel able to answer them:
Does anyone, personally (psychologically or physiologically) or from a cultural point of view, feel their relationships have been changed by the way they see or react to colour?
Are the colours regarded as “sexy” or alluring different around the globe?
Colour has influenced me in the past. Colour in humans being more related to apparel. I’d find myself drawn to men who would wear black, I mean head-to-toe black, and then years after this, I noticed a few things or pattens. They became more obvious in places where I wasn’t in ‘attraction mode’, namely workplaces, and I’ve noticed that black has something about it, in the sense of people wearing black each day, almost 24/7. I’ve found some to be intense to the point of being difficult, or complex, so now I tend to look for an even balance. Now I don’t go for dudes that wear black (head to toe) each day, 7 days a week.
I think that the perception of sexy color is different for each individual and thus varies across the entire globe.
My Master, for instance loves red on me and for that reason I own a lot more red clothing and makeup than any other color. I, however, get turned on by the color blue. I just love to see blue on my Master and have enjoyed that color on bodies all over. I just love blue.
I have noticed a change in how I perceive the color on people. When I was married, blue was romantic and endearing. Now, with Master, I feel an overwhelming urge to submit when I see someone in a stunning blue piece of apparel. I think that my relationship is what’s changing my perception of what is sexy rather than what color is sexy.
Blue is not my favorite color though when people ask. Purple is my favorite color and would be one that I wear a lot of, if I didn’t already own a lot of red.
Yup, color influences my relationships….. If you cant make me see colors move on down the road. Doesn’t have to be everytime, but it does have to occur fairly early and regularly.