Summer is here and many of you probably can’t wait to get into the arms of the ocean and relax your tired body and mind.
Before you go swimming in the sea, you definitely need to choose a comfortable and good-looking swimsuit. But did you know that there is more to choosing a swimsuit than just comfort and good looks, safety is also a very important aspect.
In many sports scenarios, the color of the clothing can play a protective, warning and other functions. So, how exactly should you pick colors for swimsuits and other sports clothing? Today we will explore the learning in clothing color selection from the perspective of practicality and safety.
What color swimsuit is safer to wear?
Swimming is a favorite sport for many people during the summer months, and the safety of everyone (especially children) in the water is of the utmost importance, and the color of your swimsuit can provide some safety precautions.
A professional organization conducted an experiment to study the impact of bathing suit colors on children’s safety. The experiment looked at the visibility of different colors of bathing suits in indoor swimming pools and outdoor lakes in both calm and rippled water, and concluded that in both indoor swimming pools and lakes, fluorescent colors with strong contrasts are the best colors for bathing suits.
Fluorescent colors such as fluorescent orange, fluorescent green, fluorescent pink and fluorescent red are more vibrant. Pictured is a children’s swimsuit containing fluorescent yellow fabric.
Fluorescent-colored swimsuits increase the visibility of children in the water, which helps parents or safety personnel to watch for children in the water. White, light blue, and black were not recommended swimsuit colors, as they were not visible or blended in with the environment in the experiment. This conclusion can also be applied to adults when choosing a swimsuit.
Do you choose dark or light colors for sunscreen?
Entering the hot summer, everyone should pay attention to strengthening sun protection in outdoor sports. In the face of the hot sun, we often tend to choose light-colored clothing, the feeling will be cooler, but in this case there will be more ultraviolet rays through the fabric projected onto the skin; and dark-colored clothing, most of the ultraviolet rays will be absorbed by the fabric of the clothing, the ultraviolet rays through the fabric to reach the surface of the skin is greatly reduced.
Compared to light-colored clothing, dark-colored clothing can absorb a lot of UV rays and have sun protection. However, they can also make you feel hotter because they absorb a lot of UV rays. Taking the most common sportswear fabric – polyester as an example, it was found that the color of polyester fabric has the following effects on the UV radiation protection performance in descending order: black, navy blue, red, dark green and purple. Black, navy, red polyester fabrics have better sun protection performance. Unfortunately, dark-colored garments absorb a lot of UV radiation can cause the temperature of the garment itself to rise, making people feel stuffy.
Now there are some sportswear, will use professional UV fabrics (here refers to the national standard GB/T 18830-2009 “textile UV performance evaluation” of UV textiles, to UPF> 40, UVA transmittance <5%), this type of fabric after a special UV processing technology, can provide sufficiently effective UV protection, at this time the garment’s color is not a key UV factor. The color of the clothing is not a key factor in UV protection, in this case, you can choose light-colored sportswear, to achieve the effect of sunscreen without sweltering.
What color is not easy to wear mosquito bite?
In summer, the number of mosquitoes increased greatly, especially at night, mosquitoes become many people outside walking, sports when the first trouble. Mosquitoes have dark habits, wearing dark colors (such as black, dark red, etc.) of the clothing is more likely to attract mosquitoes bite, and light colors (such as white, light yellow, etc.) of the clothing can reduce the probability of mosquito bites.
Nowadays, outdoor anti-mosquito can also use portable anti-mosquito spray, mosquito repellent water and other products, choose the right sportswear with the use of these professional anti-mosquito products can improve the effect of anti-mosquito.
Running and cycling choose these colors of clothing
Summer outdoor running and cycling sports are more and more people, running or cycling in the city roads, in the choice of clothing colors should be as bright and eye-catching as possible.
Studies have shown that fluorescent yellow-green is the best choice in daytime light, when the human eye is most sensitive to the wavelength of this color.
At night, when the light is dim, orange and red colors perform better. Night sports are best also to choose clothing with reflective material or in the appropriate parts of the professional outdoor reflective tape, to increase their visibility, to prevent collisions and improve safety.
These colors are safer for hiking adventures
Outdoor adventure has also become an increasingly popular sport, different adventure scenarios, the color of clothing will have different needs. For example, jungle adventure from a safety point of view should wear and environmental color contrast color to improve their visibility, avoid green, light yellow, etc., so that it is easy to get the attention of peer personnel.
But from the point of view of ecological protection to consider, it is best to use and environmental color similar to the camouflage color to avoid disturbing the animals living in the jungle, so the jungle adventure dress color according to the specific circumstances of the outer clothing and inner clothing to do a good job of reasonable arrangements between.
Spelunking, on the other hand, is generally a darker environment, and you should choose high-brightness color clothing with reflective material similar to what you would find in a night running environment. Desert adventures require avoiding the same color palette as desert colors and choosing bright colors such as red and orange.
Ice sports clothing colors have to pay attention to
Although it is now summer, but we can also cool off in advance, driven by the Beijing Winter Olympics, winter ice and snow sports are also getting hot, skating and skiing sports clothing selection also has a lot to learn. From the color selection, it is appropriate to choose brightly colored outdoor ski clothing, such as red, orange, blue, fluorescent yellow, etc. or high purity contrasting colors with the design.
On the one hand, bright colors can give the wearer a warm visual feeling, on the other hand, it can improve their visibility, and remind others to avoid and prevent collision when they are skating at high speed; more importantly, in the event of danger, brightly colored ski clothes will be conducive to rescuers to find the injured person and administer timely help.
Finally conclude, outdoor sports clothing, in addition to consider the color pleasing to the eye, we also have to consider the characteristics of different sports, according to the need to give priority to choose the clothing that can bring us safety.