So let's assume you want to appear confident but don't want to stray into arrogant territory. But it has to be used with care - projected arrogance without the emotional strength to follow it through can invite people to undermine you, which they'll gleefully do. Who wants to appear arrogant? While on the face of it it's an unattractive trait, the logical conclusion of overconfidence, it can have benefits if you're trying to impress your authority on those around you. Arrogance and Lacking Intelligence: Guess the Colour The survey also showed that we're probably right not to go on hot dates wearing brown or orange, as they're considered unattractive by others too.
Note: Respondents chose multiple colours per question so total percentage exceeds 100%.
The familiar black-red-blue-white pattern remained, and brown occupied the bottom spot. A key finding was that people generally liked to see other people wearing the same colours as they themselves chose to look confident. Why are we talking about this? Well, we asked our survey respondents to gauge the colours they found most attractive in their potential mates. This is how we arrive at a personal colour scheme. And as with all experiments, the best way to confirm your results is to repeat and observe. These are the subtle cues that might tell you you've got the formula right. Are you turning the heads of all the right people? Are the bar staff fighting to serve you? Are people fainting? It's not until you reach your destination that your efforts will start to bear fruit. You look in the mirror before you hit the bar or go on that first date and all you'll see is faults. It's quite hard to know when you're looking sexy. Again it was only 2% of women's first-date colour choice, but 6% of men thought it would be OK to wear orange on the first date, making it the least popular overall. Orange is only a few yellow droplets from power-colour red but those droplets make all the difference. We don't need to delve into the negative connotations brown can conjure up, but even we were surprised at the brown smear: only 2% of women and 8% of men (5% overall) would wear brown on a key appointment. There were two standout no-nos for first dates and interviews: orange and brown. Orange and brown are off-limits for first dates and interviews Incidentally, men's second choice for a first date (after black) was a serene blue. Asked about dressing to feel sexy on a first date, 54% of women said they'd opt for a passionate red number, whereas only 28% of men would.This is interesting because red is often associated with aggression, a typically male trait, and although most men aren't particularly aggressive, they absolutely don't want to give that impression, or even appear arrogant.
If you feel confident, you'll probably exude capability and trustworthiness, which can't be a bad thing. Split by gender, 48% of women and 64% of men favoured it. A conclusive 56% of respondents in our survey favoured black as a colour of confidence. And if you want to feel confident, you're probably going to have to go with black. So on those occasions when you're hoping to impress someone - interviews, first dates, your kids' school entry interrogations - you need to look confident. Your fellow human beings will have judged you within the first seconds of meeting you, and you'll have to have an impressive arsenal of inner charm to overturn their snap conclusion. "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." It's an old saying but it's true. Dressing to Impress: First Dates and Interviews Let's have a look at some of our most interesting findings. Naked people have little or no influence on society." Badass quotesmith Mark Twain probably sums it up best in his rallying cry for clothing of any colour: "Clothes make the man. We're sure many an Oxbridge don has stepped out in pink, and some of the worst low-lives have lived their lives lowly in inky blacks. That's because the public see it as a fluffy, frivolous colour, unsuitable for almost any social occasion and even likely to signify a lack of intelligence. It might be time to promote colour to the top consideration - if you care about how you're perceived by others, that is.īlack, for example, might have connotations of death, gloom, and forest gateaux, but it's a powerful performer in the eyes of the public, who see it as a serious, reliable and solid player, ideal for interviews and first dates.īut if you're a lover of all things pink, you might want to keep your pink thing private. It's thrown up some fascinating conclusions. We've surveyed a thousand people on how they perceive other people based on the colour of the clothes they choose.
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