Want to make a room more romantic? Light some candles, turn off the other lights, and poof…one love nest.
Is there any science to why candles/candlelight have such a transmographying (sp?) effect on people?
Because the two people can’t see each other as well and each doesn’t look as bad as they would in bright lights.
I dunno. Why are sunsets and sunrises more romantic than a midday sun? Seems to me that “romantic” is a human/societal invention in the first place, and certain images are contained in our idea of what is romantic.
I’d venture to say that attraction is science, but the idea of “romantic” is entirely societal.
People read dilation of the pupils as interest. If it’s dark her pupils dilate. She looks interested. Nothing is more romantic than a woman who is interested. Or at least a woman who looks like she is interested.
Tris
Well, drinking and certain drugs dilate your pupils, and also make a woman more likely to go to bed with you. So maybe you’re on to something.
There was a study (I don’t know where or even much about it) that concluded that reflected incandenent light is the most romantic type of electric light. Which they took to be light fixtures that shine light on walls and ceiling.