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 Red Really Is the Color of Lust 


WebMD WebMD Oct 28, 08 7:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ladies looking to attract a man can ditch their magazines and follow some simple advice instead: Wear something red. So say researchers at the University of Rochester, who conducted five scientific-sounding experiments to conclude that men aren't all that complicated. The test subjects, all undergrads, judged women as sexier and more attractive if they wore red clothes or even appeared in a photo with a red border, WebMD reports. Women, incidentally, had no such skewed judgment. More »

More about:  love • behavior • attraction • red

Better Red
Than Dead in
Online Games

Red teams win more often than blue teams, researchers find

Associated Press Associated Press Jun 12, 08 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you want to win, at least in the online first-person shooter Unreal Tournament 2004, get your red on. Researchers have found that red teams beat blue teams in the multiplayer game 55% of the time, even though players choose their own teams. One scientist suggested this is because the color red is psychologically distracting for men, reports the AP. More »

More about:  psychology • multiplayer games • academic research • red

Saudi Officials See Red Over Valentine's Day

'Immoral' holiday sparks temporary
ban on color

CNN CNN Feb 12, 08 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - In preparation for Valentine's Day, Saudi Arabia has temporarily banned all things red. The morality cops are out in force in search of the color of love, reports CNN, with plans to confiscate everything from flowers to stuffed toys. The ban is part of a yearly effort, complete with raids on retailers on the night of Feb. 13, to quell romance's big day. More »

More about:  Islam • Saudi Arabia • Muslim women • Wahhabism • Valentine's Day • red

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