“The energy is like, ‘I want to do everything, and I want to wear all my colorful things that I haven’t had a reason or a place to wear,’” says Dr. Because much of our current societal context is being shaped by a return-to-doing-things excitement, the experts see dopamine dressing as both a response to that vibe and a way to embrace it. That’s why the real mood benefits of dopamine dressing come less from the colors themselves and more from how you perceive them in context. But for the last 10-plus years, we've seen consumers casting off these cyclical color trends in favor of expressive color driven by individuality.” “Traditionally, color trends had steady seasonal cadence dictated by the influence of designers-for example, jewel tones around the holidays and pastels in the spring. “For me, dopamine dressing is about personal expression,” says color designer and researcher Kel Jackson.
”īut, of course, not everyone inherently connects bright colors with happiness, and the psychology behind dopamine dressing is a bit more nuanced than simply wearing X item to achieve Y result. “These colors match the energy of people being excited to be out of the house and having fun again. Think: Neon yellow! Fuchsia! Turquoise! Any other hue that would naturally warrant an exclamation mark! In fact, these kinds of colors have even come to be known as “dopamine brights,” says Kimberly Mayhew, CEO of personal-styling and color-analysis company House of Colour.
So, it follows that choosing to wear clothing in colors you link with happiness could also translate to you feeling happier, too.īecause, for many folks, those happy colors tend to be bright and saturated over neutral or cool-toned (again, because of color-emotion connections), dopamine dressing has become synonymous with wearing all things flamboyant. (Just take the connection between wearing a suit and feeling more powerful, for starters.) And we also know that certain colors tend to be linked with particular emotions (like, say, pink with love and gray with sadness). “Dopamine dressing refers to a person’s motivation to dress in a way that will result in a positive outcome, like feeling more confident, competent, or happy.”-Carolyn Mair, PhD, behavioral psychologistĪnd research backs up that link: We know that certain clothes can change how we feel and act, based on the concept of “ enclothed cognition,” which refers to how we embody the symbolism of particular garments. So, scientifically speaking, dopamine dressing refers to a person’s motivation to dress in a way that will result in a positive outcome, like feeling more confident, competent, or happy.” Still trying to randomize the timing trigger, but that won’t go just yet, and of course an input_boolean.Often referred to as a happiness neurotransmitter, dopamine’s role can be better understood as a motivating agent, says behavioral psychologist Carolyn Mair, PhD, author of The Psychology of Fashion. Working smoothly now (as long as you don’t have anything else checking the state of the lights on the Hub, that is why i’ve automated disabling my nse_lights_change while in party mode…) If you’re not bothered by that, you can further shrink these automations and scripts, but in my setting it needs to be split up. For anyone interested, had a bit of a struggle with the Hue lights, found an earlier automation, and adapted somewhat.
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