- Aug 23, 2011
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Why is it that soo many high school uniforms are black? I keep feeling like my high school is the only one that's not black.
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In the past 10 years a lot of schools have added black to their official colors. There was a study done and it showed that an all black, or predominantly black, uniform was more intimidating to the opposing team. After this study came out teams started adding black to their colors-especially for contact/close-contact sports like football, wrestling, basketball, lacrosse, soccer. Black makes you look bigger and more foreboding. When the teams add the color, so do the cheerleaders.
For cheer uniforms-black holds up better. It hides dirt, especially if you're not on an all-weather track for your games.
Here are three studies (you may only be able to access the abstract for the first):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3346809
http://www.psych.cornell.edu/sec/pubPeople/tdg1/Frank & Gilo 88.pdf
http://www.laymanpsych.com/2009/07/black-uniforms-and-aggression/