Prom is a great opportunity to express personality and style.
Dress color is very important.
Certain colors garner more attraction than others.
About 22 males and 30 females were polled at school.
Eighty-six percent of male students plan to wear a plain, black tuxedo with white shirt, with little matching to prom dresses this year.
“I think it looks better, and I do not want to pick a crazy color and risk looking weird,” Michael Ortiz, junior, said.
Only 14% of male students attending prom plan to color match with a partner,
Eight percent are color matching with a red tie, five percent are matching with a silver tie, and 1% are matching with bolder colors ranging from green, pink or purple.
As for the female students, 55% plan to wear a black dress, varying from princess, mermaid and glittery styles.
“I think black is a classy color, and it makes a statement for my senior year,” Audrey Erickson, senior, said.
Twenty-eight percent are choosing red, and 16% plan to wear purple and green shades.
“I think red would make my skin pop, and red is one of my favorite colors,” Michaela Pugh, junior, said.
“I chose green because girls with darker complexions look beautiful in green, specifically emerald green,” Tara Hatcher, senior, said.
The remaining one percent of female students plan to wear more daring colors such as bright orange and hot pink.
“Hot pink is my favorite color, I think it is a really bold choice and that is exactly why I’m picking it,” Makyla Eanes, senior, said.
“Orange is a risky color, but if you get the right shade; it can be gorgeous,” Autumn Cassell, senior, said.
Although bold colors are exciting, some shades are generally disliked.
Ninety-two percent of students stated that yellow was the worst color to wear at prom.
“Yellow is way too out there, I don’t think anyone should wear that to prom,” Jaime Semental, senior, said.
“I would never wear yellow, especially bright yellow. I think it could look good on some people, but it looks really bad on most,” Madison Swanson, senior, said.
Six percent of students stated that neon colors are the least suitable.
“Neon colors are the ugliest thing you could wear to prom; they are is way too bright and hurts my eyes,” Zachary Adkins, senior, said.
The remaining two percent agreed that green was the most unsightly color to wear.