Women in red seem more attractive to men, Red is an indicator of sexual receptivity
23 male undergraduates that they were about to participate in a study that would simulate an online chat with women, but in reality it was a study about whether the men would ask a girl wearing a red shirt more intimate questions.
They were shown either a photo of a woman wearing a red shirt, or of one in a green shirt. The men were then given a folder which had 24 questions, and instructed to choose five to ask the women they had seen in the photograph. Guys who saw the women in the red shirt asked predominantly more question about getting her attention at a bar.
In another experiments, men were asked to talk to a women. She more a red one, the guys tended to sit closer to her. Red is an aphrodisiac.
These findings indicate that colures not only have aesthetic value but can also carry meaning and impact on the psychological functioning in subtle, important and provocative ways, The study was published this month in the European Journal of special Psychology.