Top 10 Psychological Flirting Strategies That Actually Work

9) Wear Red

Not only an eye-catching colour that flatters many skin tones, red is also a symbol of lust and sexuality, and studies have shown that when both men and women wear red they appear more attractive to the opposite sex. This may be due to the social expectations surrounding the colour, however psychologist Adam Pazda suggests that instead our attraction to red may be a “hangover from humans’ evolutionary past as animals such as female baboons display patches of bright red skin to indicate they are ready to mate”.