Last weekend I was hanging out with some friends and one of the girls is the group is someone I’ve been in love with for a while. On Sunday she wore a pink sweater which made it excruciating to sit next to her, she looked so good. It was much more than Saturday when she wore a brown sweater. What gives with this hot pink colour? What kind of unconscious waves is it sending out to my male unconsciousness?
Interesting, Bardos. Maybe she looked more vibrant, and also hot pink is definitely a girly-girl color, why am I thinking Malibu Barbie, lol?
So why not hot pink setting an exciting mood over gender neutral and uninspiring brown? I think color does come into play, and maybe more than most people even realize, who knows.
The colors that come to my mind are black and also red.
Yes, red is classically the “hot” colour. But pink… I think pink can turn a supposedly unattractive woman into one who is attractive.
It makes her look naked.
It’s also societally linked with femininity. Femininity seems to be subconsciously linked with female fertility. Whether the latter is societal or biological or even both, I cannot say.
Maybe she was wearing a Wonderbra underneath.
Nope, not the boobs, the colour.
I think this sort of thing is very personal. In my case, I have noticed that I am distinctly more likely to notice a woman, and feel an attraction, if she is wearing green. I do not know why; perhaps there is just an association in my mind between green and good feelings, based on some long forgotten childhood experience.
Hmm, interesting that. My feeling is that pink came strongly into women’s fashions a few years ago. I know it’s always been kind of the standard-bearer colour for little girls’ rooms. Just lately I am noticing it more I guess. But this experience was pretty palpable.
It has also come to my attention, (DOH) that women tend to dress to be seen as attractive. (don’t we all I imagine), so I had the feeling that she was indeed dressing up on Sunday. I notice these things.
Then too, maybe it wasn’t the color at all. She was obviously wearing different clothes; maybe those clothes just happened to fit her better, or do a better job of showing off her figure, or the like.
Same type of sweater, loose fitting cardigan… just the colour changed.
Wild guess, but could she also have changed her makeup to match her color scheme? maybe she looks better in warm/pink related makeup than in golden/brown related makeup - it might make her skin look better, healthier, whatever.
No makeup. She wore a silk scarf on Sunday. Her hair was different, yes. It was up Saturday, Sunday, sitting next to me she made a show of taking out her hair clip and letting her hair flow loose. Plus I could smell her hair, drove me crazy.
There are proponents of both theories, but IMHO with evidence it is more of the former than the latter. Pink was considered the masculine color in (Victorian? somewhere around that time) England, and doesn’t necessarily have feminine connotations in other cultures. Light blue is the “gay” color in Russia and some other Slavic countries.
I’ve noticed that too. Girls who I’ve considered relatively attractive anyway, see them in a pink sweater and thought “Jesus…”. Double take. Only ever happened with sweaters though, I’ve never noticed it with dresses, tops or anything else. This kind of thing: picture. Pink nails really adds to the effect if any girls are looking for tips. 
That may have been what she was trying to do, consciously or sub-.
I’m big on “Beauty comes from within”, and so does attractiveness. She may have been TRYING to be more attractive… to you, perchance?
seeing pink relaxes your muscles and makes you vulnerable.
Hugs and kisses on all your pink parts.
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I suspect you may be reacting to a clothing colour issue, unconsciously. I believe this because you refer to a change from brown to pink.
Different colours suit different people. it’s primarily to do with skin colour.
Both my wife and I have “white” skin. * However, if I wear “autumn” (Fall) colours, like yellow, green or brown, I look pale, washed out and unhealthy. Women don’t react to me positively. If my wife wears them, she looks warm and sexy. It doesn’t matter whether we wear expensive or cheap clothes - the colour effect is the same.
If I wear maroon, grey or pastel blue, I look healthy and sexy - women react to me more strongly. If my wife wears these colours, she looks formal, cold and distant - she is no longer warm and sexy.
What’s good for each person is different. What looks sexy on one woman, makes another look like a cheap slut. If you can find your correct colour palette, you will be amazed by the difference in your appearance.
There are professionals who can do this for you, but you can do some work yourself. A key thing to note is this - when you wear something new, is your partner’s/friends’ first reaction “you’re looking good/sexy today” or do they notice your clothes first? If they see your clothes first, you may be wearing nice clothes, but they are the wrong colour.
*(of course, both of us are actually pink with a lot of red and brown bits.)
MoL, I hear ya. I have what’s called a “Winter” complexion, so I look best in black, white, and primary colors. Almost all of my shirts are black or red. My mom bought me a tan-colored shirt a couple years ago that I never wear because I look quite ill in that color, though somebody with a “Summer” complexion would look great in it.