More about color…
We all know that black clothes make us look slimmer and red ties are “power” ties, but did you know that priests wear black to signify submission to God? If you own a red car, it is more likely to be stolen? Sports teams often paint the locker rooms used by opposing teams bright pink because it reputedly saps energy?
Brides in the Middle Ages wore green to symbolize fertility? You’re more likely to lose your temper in a yellow room? Doctors and nurses wear white to give you a sense that everything is sterile – although with the staph infections that kill many thousands of hospital patients every year, they’re not fooling anybody but themselves.
Fashion consultants recommend wearing blue to interviews because it signifies loyalty?Workers are more productive in blue rooms and weight lifters can heft heavier weights in a blue gym?
Did you know that blue is considered an unappetizing color for food?
Quick, somebody better tell that to Bobby Flay before he comes up with yet another blue corn recipe and continues to gross out the judges on “Iron Chef America.”
–phoebe kate