“Yellow is your color.” Can we stop this nonsense already?
If that influencer were wearing any other color she’d still get comments that “it’s your color.”
It’s very common – and I mean very – for followers of female influencers to post, “Red is your color,” when the influencer’s latest post shows her in an all-red outfit.
Same thing when a week later she wears blue. And a week later when she wears pink. And then green. Get the ridiculous picture?
No matter WHAT color Anna Influencer wears, her devoted followers will say that it’s her color.
What does this mean? That Anna is so ravishingly gorgeous, that every color is her color?
I’m autistic. I have a late-adult clinical diagnosis of ASD.
One of the classic features of autism is that of persistently questioning pop culture.
I’ve always done this, even though all along, I’d never known I was on the Spectrum (thanks to family members who didn’t have the balls to clue me in on this, and knowing this truth earlier in my life would have drastically altered my life trajectory for the MUCH better – but that’s another article…).
I bring up my autism because this may be what fuels my perspective on all those silly comments of “Blue is your color.”
- I don’t understand it.
- I don’t get it.
If a woman has very attractive or stunning looks, then she’ll look good in ANY color – be it salmon, brown, black, grey, blue, white, green, beige or maroon. Jeez.
If a woman can “pull off a color,” such as a gaudy green, then that means she has an attractive body and face, or, if she’s not conventionally attractive, and a follower still says, “That color really suits you,” then that follower is overly devoted to her.
Think about this for a moment: Imagine a woman who’s just very good-looking. It won’t matter what color she’s wearing.
I’m talking about a solid color now, to make my perspective easier to follow.
If, for instance, red is Melissa Influencer’s color, then she’ll look good in blue, purple, pink, black and cream as well.
The reason that red is Melissa’s color is because that’s the color she posted herself in on that day.
What the buzz-brained follower doesn’t realize is if Melissa had posted herself in any other color outfit, that follower would have said that THAT color was “your color.”
But the follower doesn’t realize this!
It’s just so nonsensical. And it’s so predictable. No matter what color Tess Influencer wears, there will always be comments saying it’s “your color.”
A similar comment, which I’ve also heard spoken on YouTube reactions to TikToks, is, “That color looks good on her.”
What It All Boils Down To
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The reason any color looks good on your favorite influencers is because the outfit itself is nice looking and stylish, with a visually appealing color.
That color, which looks so good on Mary Influencer, would look just as great if the dress were draped on a chair.
Colors look good when the garment isn’t even on a warm body but instead on a mannequin.
Colors look good when hanging on a rack at a store.
Nobody is so special, so transcendent, that they themselves make the color attractive. It’s the COLOR. It’s the style of the attire. It’s the fabric. Jeez.
What about ME?
Nobody has ever told me, “That color is you,” or, “(Fill in the blank) is your color.”
Does this mean I’m as unsightly as a gargoyle? Of course not.
Nobody has ever told me I owned a color because, very most likely, I’m not an influencer who posts images of myself in a bunch of different solid-color outfits.
I also have rarely ever worn dresses, and any dress I’ve ever worn was probably not a solid color.
However, if one day I’m wearing a dress or some other type of outfit of one color, and a woman says, “That’s your color!” I will refute this.
I will tell her, “No, I don’t own this color. If I were wearing a different color but in this same outfit, you would’ve told me that THAT color was my color. Yes, you would have.”
Now don’t get me wrong; I wouldn’t use a hostile voice. I’d use a matter-of-fact voice.
I fully reject this notion that any woman owns a color.
Now, am I like this because I’m autistic? Most likely. It’s just one of those pop culture things that I’ll never grasp and don’t care to ever grasp.
Does this mean that none of Jaimie Influencer’s followers, who post, “Pink is your color!” could possibly be autistic? Of course not.
But in my case, the way my brain is innately wired is probably a key player here.
- No color is me.
- I don’t own any color.
- If an outfit looks good on me, then any color of that outfit will look good on me.
- Have a good day.
Lorra Garrick is a former personal trainer certified by the American Council on Exercise. At Bally Total Fitness, where she was also a group fitness instructor, she trained clients of all ages for fat loss and maintaining it, muscle and strength building, fitness, and improved cardiovascular and overall health. She has a clinical diagnosis of ASD.
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