Posted March 17th, 2010

Is The Color Black On The Ski Slopes Cool Or Tacky?

 

If you have decided to finally do the sensible thing and invest in a ski helmet to protect your brain, then you are to be congratulated. If you are like most of us, you probably spent a lot of time looking at helmets before you bought one. It was not an easy decision, was it?

Price was an important consideration, as was quality. Even the least expensive protective helmets have to pass minimum safety codes, but there were still a lot of other things to consider. Getting the best quality for the lowest price takes some time and careful comparison shopping.

You probably spent even more time agonizing over the look of your helmet than you did over its effectiveness. The aerodynamic features were only one of your considerations. In fact, the wind sheer factor probably took a distant second place to the cool look of an aerodynamically designed helmet.

Finally, you had to make an important color decision. They come in so many colors, that would not have been an easy decision to make. Obviously, color has nothing to do with practicality, but that did not prevent you from spending an inordinate amount of time choosing your color!

You were probably attracted to a lot of different colors. Red always stands out and makes you take a second look, but does it stand out too much? That matte grey helmet had a great look to it, but would it look bland on the slopes. You probably even wondered about things like whether or not your headgear would go with your black sport watch!

You really like the look of one black helmet in particular, but hesitated to buy it because of its color. Black reminds you of Darth Vader and the Gothic look and neither of those looks really appeal to you. Nonetheless, that helmet was awesome looking. Would you take a chance and buy it?

Go for the black color if that is the one you like the most. As long as you do not wear black from top to bottom, you will be on safe ground. What color is your ski parka? What color are your pants? If they are not black, you’ll be okay, even if your ski boots are also black. Just avoid all black at all costs!

Black can be either cool or tacky depending on how you use it. As a rule of thumb, wearing all of any color from head to foot is usually tacky. One exception to that rule might be white, but wearing all white on the ski slopes has its disadvantages. For one thing, people might mistake you for a Ninja assassin. For another, if you get lost or have an accident, nobody will be able to see you. Wear something that contrasts with the color of the snow.

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