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Do you know what yellow clothes mean? The color psychology of yellow - what does that have to do with your fashion sense?

Yellow color

Positive: Optimism, confidence, self-esteem, extraversion, emotional strength, friendliness, creativity, honor, and loyalty.


Negative: Irrationality, fear, emotional fragility, depression, anxiety, suicide.


The yellow wavelength is relatively long and essentially stimulating. In this case the stimulus is emotional, therefore yellow is the strongest colour, psychologically. The right yellow will lift our spirits and our self-esteem; it is the colour of confidence and optimism. Yellow is absolutely invigorating. It stimulates our nerves, glands, and brain, making us more alert and energized. Yellow boosts our memory, and it encourages communication. It’s a color that promotes activity and interaction. Too much of it, or the wrong tone in relation to the other tones in a colour scheme, can cause self-esteem to plummet, giving rise to fear and anxiety.


Shades of Yellow Color


Red - yellow: in it the influence of yellow becomes more significant. Expresses spontaneity and impulsiveness, destruction. Yellow directs the power of red.


Lemon yellow: cruelty and unrestraint; has antimicrobial activity. People who prefer this color have non-standard thinking, insight, criticality, always control themselves, avoid criticism and compromising situations. This color is chosen by frigid women and impotent women (but not 100%).


Light yellow: a tendency to avoid responsibility, a tendency to simulate.


Pale yellow: freedom from frames.


Brown-yellow (honey): combines the lightness of yellow and the heaviness of brown. The need for happiness and completeness, the enjoyment of position.


Gold is the color of glory, inevitable victory. Does not sacrifice himself and does not accept sacrifices, remains himself (he does not need anything). The positive aspect is maturity, experience, wisdom, vitality, inexhaustible resources; negative aspect - pessimism, narrow-mindedness, dishonor. The golden halo above the head is a symbol of forgiveness and a way to overcome all obstacles. Gold combines the modesty of a child and the wisdom of a true ruler. But! - it can provoke conflicts.


Shades of yellow aren't as expressive as those in their hue, but they are still attention-grabbing. They have a more masculine quality and are a bit on the dull side.

Shades of Yellow Color


Effects of the Color Yellow


Creative: The color of new ideas, yellow helps us find new ways of doing things.


Quick decisions: Yellow helps with clear thinking and quick decision-making but it can also be impulsive.


Anxiety producing: Yellow is fast moving so too much time in its presence can agitate and lead to nervousness and emotional instability.


Critical: Yellow makes people more mentally analytical and self critical of both themselves and others.


Non-emotional: Yellow relates to the head not the heart.


Mind and intellect: From a color psychology perspective, yellow stimulates our mental faculties; it activates the left or analytical brain.


Happiness and fun: Yellow is uplifting to the spirits; yellow helps create enthusiasm for life and can awaken greater confidence and optimism.


Communication of New Ideas: Yellow is related to the expression and integration of new ideas and thoughts.


If Your Favorite Color is Yellow


  • You are creative, often being the one who comes up with new ideas - an ideas person who needs others to bring the ideas into reality - you tend to have your head in the clouds much of the time.

  • With a personality color yellow, you can be very critical of yourself as well as others - you are a perfectionist.

  • You analyze everything, all the time, and are methodical in your thinking.

  • With a yellow personality you are impulsive and make quick decisions, but often, out of anxiety, jump in too quickly and rush things rather than taking things at a steady pace.

  • You are spontaneous - you are able to think quickly on your feet and make instant decisions.

  • You have a modern outlook. New technology doesn't faze you.

  • You are good at networking and getting information out of others. Journalists often resonate with the color yellow.

  • With a personality color yellow, you can be stubborn but dislike pettiness and spitefulness of all kinds.

So, should you bother wearing yellow clothes at all? Absolutely, it’s a wonderful color to wear when you want to make an impression. Or, maybe even for a job interview when you want to demonstrate that you have energy, positivity, and can get the job done. And to top it off, you’ll be memorable as well! Whenever you feel led to wear yellow, absolutely do it. You never know who might need an energetic boost in your daily travels. So, feel free to wear that lovely yellow dress every now and then.






The color black in clothes

What does black clothing symbolize?


Positive: Sophistication, glamour, security, emotional safety, efficiency, substance.


Negative: Oppression, coldness, menace, heaviness.


Black is all colours, totally absorbed. The psychological implications of that are considerable. It creates protective barriers, as it absorbs all the energy coming towards you, and it enshrouds the personality. Black is essentially an absence of light, since no wavelengths are reflected and it can, therefore be menacing; many people are afraid of the dark. Positively, it communicates absolute clarity, with no fine nuances. It communicates sophistication and uncompromising excellence and it works particularly well with white. Black creates a perception of weight and seriousness. The black is the most recessive colour a matter of not drawing attention to yourself, rather than actually making you look slimmer.


Effects of the Color Black


Formal, dignified and sophisticated: As in the little black dress and the formal dinner suit.


Aloof: Black sets itself aside from others with its heavy and intense energy. It keeps others at arm's length.


Confidence: The color black is often seen as a color of sophistication, as in 'the little black dress', or 'the black tie event'. Affluent and success orientated women often choose black as it can give an impression of elegance, sophistication and confidence.


Depressing: Black can close us to the positive aspects of life, forcing us to look at our disappointments and the black or negative aspects of our life. It can create a fear of the future.


Pessimistic: Too much black encourages us to look at the negative side of life.


We all use black at various times to hide from the world around us in one way or another. Some of us use it to hide our weight; others among us use it to hide our feelings, our fears or our insecurities. It is best to use some color with black to lighten and brighten its energy.


black is a formal color

If Your Favorite Color is Black


  • Prestige and power are important to you.

  • You are independent, strong-willed and determined and like to be in control of yourself and situations.

  • As a lover of black you may be conservative and conventional - black is restricting and contained.

  • With black as your personality color, you may be too serious for your own good - bring some colour into your life to lighten you up - life should be fun.

  • You like to keep people at a distance, guarding your emotions and creating an impenetrable barrier between yourself and others.

  • With a personality color black, you may be looking for protection from any negativity that surrounds you.

  • You are methodical in your work, making sure everything is completed as required, down to the last detail.

  • You may be retreating behind black during a difficult time in your life - black protects, allowing for a deep inner healing without interference from others.

With the tidbits of information from this article, you are surely on your way to being a master of using black in your attire. Explore, experiment, and have fun (and share this article).

Updated: Sep 10, 2023


The color red in clothes

What does the color red mean when you wear it?

Positive: Physical courage, strength, warmth, energy, basic survival, 'fight or flight', stimulation, masculinity, excitement.

Negative: Defiance, aggression, visual impact, strain.


Being the longest wavelength, red is a powerful color. Although not technically the most visible, it has the property of appearing to be nearer than it is and therefore it grabs our attention first. Hence its effectiveness in traffic lights the world over. Its effect is physical; it stimulates us and raises the pulse rate, giving the impression that time is passing faster than it is. It relates to the masculine principle and can activate the "fight or flight" instinct. Red is strong, and very basic. Pure red is the simplest colour, with no subtlety. It is stimulating and lively, very friendly. At the same time, it can be perceived as demanding and aggressive.



 red is a powerful color

Shades of Red Color


Scarlet strongly stimulates sensuality, acts more strongly than red. The problems caused by this color are the tendency to make irrevocable decisions and fanaticism (people strive to conquer only the highest peaks).


Raspberry - it has a slight bluish tint; this color does not fight with life, but loves it, does not believe in the effectiveness of the struggle, but goes and takes what it wants. As a rule, it deals with individuality. But carried in masses. Such people are extremely sincere and believe in the power of words. The problems of this color are impulsiveness and unpredictability.


Fiery - it has a yellow-orange tint; distinguished by extreme zeal, rushes forward, regardless of the goal (yellow). Differs in willpower and ardor. His problem - he is too ardent in his zeal - leaves scorched earth behind him, burns himself too.


Red - brown is distinguished by calm self-confidence, enthusiasm, not designed to produce an external impression (brown extinguishes demonstrativeness). With an increased preference for this color, overwork and exhaustion are noted. The main problem is lack of focus.


Dark burgundy (almost brown) inherited from red willpower, and from brown - a tendency to deep reflection. His problem is the ability to dwell on long past unpleasant events.


Dark red people. Those who prefer this color very often ask the question - “why is this needed?”; they are characterized by the saying - "God gives nuts only to toothless monkeys." These people are overly indulgent, especially in sexual relations (connivance). At the same time, condescension can turn into cruelty. The problem is inertia and inertia.


Effects of the Color Red


Effects of the Color Red


Stimulating: to the physical senses- the sexual and physical appetite. It stimulates the deeper passions within us, such as sex, love, courage, hatred or revenge. If you have a flagging sex life and would like to introduce more passion into it, introduce some red into the bedroom – the more red, the more passion, but don’t overdo it or it will have the opposite effect.


Exciting and Motivating: it excites our emotions and inspires us to take action.


Attention-getting: it demands you to take notice, alerting you to danger. This is why we have red traffic lights and stop signs – it is the universal color for danger.


Action: it is fast moving and promotes a need for action and movement.

Desire: it relates to physical desire in all its forms- sexual, appetite, cravings.


Passion: it means a passionate belief in an issue or undertaking, including passionate love or passionate hate. Anger is negative passion.


If Your Favorite Color is Red


  • Having red as your favorite color identifies you as extroverted and optimistic, courageous and confident.

  • You are action oriented and physically active - sex is a necessity to you - you have strong survival instincts.

  • With a favorite color red, you like to be the center of attention - in fact all reds crave attention - other people are drawn to the vitality and sense of excitement you emit.

  • As a personality color red, you are stimulating to be with and you radiate a great deal of energy.

  • You are ambitious and competitive and like to be the winner - you are achievement orientated and second place is not good enough for you. With you it is all or nothing.

  • You are always in a hurry, wanting to do everything right now. Patience is not one of your strong points. You do not procrastinate - you never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

  • You can be quite determined when you want something, but tend to have a short attention span, moving on to the next best thing when you quickly get bored with the previous one - you want it all and you want it now!

With the tidbits of information from this article, you are surely on your way to being a master of using red in your attire. Explore, experiment, and have fun (and share this article).

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