Which subset are the roses on? I like white roses fine, but I have a certain weakness for red roses. ... Actually, I have a certain weakness for roses, period.
As far as the color symbolism goes, I think you can probably blame the Victorians, but you also have to blame, um, us. The Victorians came up with this whole Language Of Flowers thing-- red roses for passionate love, pink for potential love, white for purity (thus appropriate to send someone you aren't courting), yellow for friendship (also Mom's favorite), and that's all I can remember off the top of my head. However, humans are hard-wired to look at members of our own species and perceive a woman wearing red as sexier than the same woman wearing any other color, and a man wearing red as appearing wealthier and more powerful than in any other color. Even in the Middle Ages, blood was considered the passionate humour, and women produced so much of it that their bodies had to get rid of the excess every month or they'd go crazy.
I'm more inclined to wonder about the taste of people who decide that "Romantic and Sexy" equals "let's coat everything floor to ceiling in red, pink, and purple!" Because feeling like you're inside a floral-scented lung is SUCH a turn-on.
... So that was nerdy.
Er, thank you for the de-tacky-fied hot tubs! Again!
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Which subset are the roses on? I like white roses fine, but I have a certain weakness for red roses. ... Actually, I have a certain weakness for roses, period.
As far as the color symbolism goes, I think you can probably blame the Victorians, but you also have to blame, um, us. The Victorians came up with this whole Language Of Flowers thing-- red roses for passionate love, pink for potential love, white for purity (thus appropriate to send someone you aren't courting), yellow for friendship (also Mom's favorite), and that's all I can remember off the top of my head. However, humans are hard-wired to look at members of our own species and perceive a woman wearing red as sexier than the same woman wearing any other color, and a man wearing red as appearing wealthier and more powerful than in any other color. Even in the Middle Ages, blood was considered the passionate humour, and women produced so much of it that their bodies had to get rid of the excess every month or they'd go crazy.
I'm more inclined to wonder about the taste of people who decide that "Romantic and Sexy" equals "let's coat everything floor to ceiling in red, pink, and purple!" Because feeling like you're inside a floral-scented lung is SUCH a turn-on.
... So that was nerdy.
Er, thank you for the de-tacky-fied hot tubs! Again!