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Why does a certain person attract us and why does a color seem more attractive on a certain person, but not on the other? All of these questions have to do with the reaction of people and how they behave when they see the person in front of their eyes wearing a certain color. Some people argue that wearing different clothes with different colors will not affect their personality, but they undermine the effects of colors on people’s attitude. However, wearing different attires with variety in colors, can be perceived differently by different individuals, as well as wearing appropriate clothes for different occasions and even cultural associations with different colors can have an effects on perceiver.
First of all, wearing different colors does have a direct effect on people’s behavior. Red is considered as one of the colors, which affect people by increasing their feelings and their moods. For example, red has a great benefit in restaurants because it will cause an increase in appetite. Furthermore, not only the color red increases the appetite of the customers, but also it motivates the workers and the cooks in the restaurant to work efficiently. Also, orange is considered as a color that affects and motivates our brains. To illustrate, some schools and educational institutions use the color orange because it will motivates the brain to work better and improves mental skills in certain activities. In addition, a psychologist has confirmed that, orange is considered as one of the colors used for uplifting the moods of people in their daily lives (Fehrman & Fehrman, 2000). Moreover, if people like to sit and have lunch in big groups, the presence of the color orange in the surrounding stimulates friendliness in the environment. Ano...

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...ust because black is associated with sadness and death. Moreover, some schools do not believe that colors of their classrooms walls will affect their students’ attitude and moods. Another example, on why people argue about this topic is that they do not believe in what is called colors therapy. Which is related to psychology but they still say that this does not affect an individual’s personality.
In conclusion, there is no definite answer for how color can interpret our life, because it depends on the person him/herself, however, it may affects people in both direct and indirect ways. Also, wearing different clothes with different colors may affect their personality depending on the colors they are wearing because it can represent different things. Furthermore, in different cultures colors can represent different symbols that can vary from one culture to another.

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