Goths wear black because:

[Outside_Existance]

I tend to wear black because the color is soothing and less hectic. When i see bright colors it sometimes hurts my eyes or makes my mind work speradicially.

[x3blackenedx3]

i like black and wear it because well it's me and i am not going to be wearing something else and pretending to be someone or something i am not i am dark and like the mysterious feel and look of wearing black simple as that and i dont find anything wrong with me or how i am

[Crying_Crimson_Tears]

I just like black. If I want to wear black I'm gonna wear it. I like black. It feels right to me. Don't ask me to explain how it feels right, it just does.

[Mikhailia]

I could ahve picked "expressing emotion" but that is sort of the exact opposite... but the exact same at the same time... I always connected colour to emotion, red was angry, blue was sad, you know... typical things... but around third grade...

I didn't really think much of black... They told us it was a mixture of all colours.... -when not pertaining to light or sciency things... just on the colour wheel- So I thought, Then it would be either all emotion, or none... Since then I have worn black because then I feel like no one can get into my mind... And then I add colours that match to my new perspective on the emotional colours thing. I was sort of an outsider adn people liked to play tricks on me. I felt liberated from their ability to tell how I feel by what colours I wear. I know most people see it as a depressed colour, but I can't bring myself to wear anything else... it just makes me feel secure in my own mind. I can be myself in it... and it feels like it is a part of my life, that contributes to me living it happily.

There are other reasons, black is beautiful, elegant. It makes interesting shadows, since it is a dark shade itself... I think it is so beautiful.

Black will always be there you need light for everything else.. it is something that will never disappear.

It weeds out people that judge by sight... I don't like people like that... If a person is willing to approach me when I look like a stereotype that has a bad name, and be civil, they diserve my respect. It keeps people away that are too shallow... or that want to touch me a lot... I hate being touched... it makes me sick. Iwill stop now... I have many reasons.

I was completely socially inept. So I didn't know at the time how everyone felt about certian colours... until around 7th grade when I met one nice, half prep half goth girl... She is really interesting. She taught me a lot.

[chaos3]

read the lyrics to "man in black" by johnny cash

[Godslayer Jillian]

Originally Posted by Mikhailia

It weeds out people that judge by sight... I don't like people like that... If a person is willing to approach me when I look like a stereotype that has a bad name, and be civil, they diserve my respect. It keeps people away that are too shallow...

"Only shallow people don't judge by appearances" - Oscar Wilde

[Mr_Knuckles]

I agree w/ chaos3 and Mr. Cash.

Johnny Cash- Man In Black Lyrics

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.

I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.

Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.

I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.

And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side.

Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.

Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everything's OK,
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black.

[EbonLore]

I chose other.

I think goths wear black because they want to, thats why I do it. To this day, Ive never seen anyone look bad in black. Black has a varaiety of symbolic uses too: Its the color of shadows, allowing one to hide and slink into them. In kabalistic meanings, black represents absorption, communion with the dead, secrets, and the end of a cycle, but also the beginning of a new cycle. Black is also synonomous with power, intrigue, negative emotions and energies, and the yin princible. Yin(in a yin yang) represents decay, things being hidden, winter, cold, and night. It also implies passivity in contrast to the active yang(white).

Any number of these thing may explain my obsession with this color, but mostly i wear black because i enjoy doing so, and the sight of it is pleasing to my sensitive eyes.

[She_Is_My_Sin]

I wear black because it makes me look slimmer

[bleedingheart344]

Originally Posted by Korellyn

When I wear black and look in the mirror, it looks right. I don't really know how else to describe it. It's like somewhere in the back of my head I have this image of what I'm supposed to look like, but I don't know it and have to discover it by trial and error as I go.

I thought I was the only one. But, I wear black because I look good in it and it feels right. But, I am open to other colors, I wear green and black, red and black, purple and black, etc... but that's mainly in socks...

[The_JoKeReSs]

Yeah, different Goths wear black for different reasons.

When i first became attracted to wearing black clothing. (When i was around 7-8 years old.) It was because i used to like hiding in the dark and scaring people. (I was a very bored child and didn't get out much.) Then it became a huge urge to wear it because nobody else wore it. Now i wear it because its suits me, i find it comfortable, not too bright, which makes me feel sick and it suits the surroundings i hang out in.

Now there are so many posers! Its hard to tell why people dress like they do. Its bloody well horrible! Argh! Why do people pose??????

[HumanePain]

Originally Posted by Mikhailia

There are other reasons, black is beautiful, elegant. It makes interesting shadows, since it is a dark shade itself... I think it is so beautiful.

Black will always be there you need light for everything else.. it is something that will never disappear.

Exactly how i feel, and why i like to wear it. I work in the optics and photonics field. Black is the starting point, before the medium of light is applied to the "canvas". It is clean, unblemished, the beginning. Intense laser light looks amazing because it is in contrast to the black background in testing.

As fas as "other" colors go (black is not really a color, but the absence of color), i like dark purple, because it is the color closest to black in terms of human vision.

[Haunted House]

I wear black because all of the clothes I like seem to come in that color. Also because it's what I like. I personally think that anyone who tries to give a psudo 'deep' answer to this question is just searching for attention.

[BlackWidow]

Black makes you look skinnier. Plus, when I wear other colors I feel like I wanna rip my clothes off and run around screaming until I find something black or something that fits me and my personality. It's just better.

[darkness-creepshow]

When i where black i do get a sence of protection...like its the only thing that feals right....hmmm and why would you where somthing to attract attention ? well to purposly to

[Haunted House]

The wearing of the black is not to attract attention. The 'trying to be deep' answer to the question is to attract attention.

[roserougesang]

Why is this thread still up anyway? Black is a colour...a shade actually...people wear it...that's all there is to it mostly.

*steps off soapbox*

[Delkaetre]

I wear black because it matches things easily... I don't have to think about colour co-ordination. And it makes me look slimmer and paler.
And it suits me!

[pvt num 11]

It's a good non-color. Either it's the absence of all light, or the inclusion of all pigments, thus absorbing all light and not scattering any particular color. That's why it doesn't do anything under UV light but expose all the lint, fuzz and dandruff (grrr...) that's on it. Stealthy. I like sitting back and observing, and black tends to not attract attention (unless, of course, it's a late-model Trans Am with mile-deep highly waxed black paint, but that just exudes coolness and a certain predatory feel just the same). I'm also find of dark sturated colors, dark blues and greens, but that's not all my wardrobe consists of. I'd wear it more often, but my all-black selections are limited. But I like the slimming effect it has, as I'm a tad pudgy in the midsection.

[transformingfate]

It's the perfect color. Black goes with everything, and nothing, quite well.

[roserougesang]

Originally Posted by Delkaetre

I wear black because it matches things easily... I don't have to think about colour co-ordination. And it makes me look slimmer and paler.
And it suits me!

Actually, you would have to worry about co-ordination because there are many different shades of black. Co-ordinating black with black is a lot harder than it seems

[dark_dragon_of_ice]

I wear black because black absorbs light radiation so therefore if i wear black i contain more natural energy then someone wearing white or any other color.

[Slap Your Love]

Originally Posted by roserougesang

Actually, you would have to worry about co-ordination because there are many different shades of black. Co-ordinating black with black is a lot harder than it seems

Indeed I hate it if my pants and shirts are not the same shade of black. This is annoying.

[Slap Your Love]

Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian

Meh, fucking n00bs. Except for Julia Gaeltic and Blushing Heliophobe, only noobs said in the poll "that's how we feel inside".

Again, this question is easy.

This is the ultimate truth about why do goths wear black:


I like black, and everyone wants to be me.

Rofl Indeed. =D

[someone.to.blame?]

I wear black, because its how I feel inside.
I dont feel need to show emotion to people, wearing yellow says "i'm happy" wearing black says nothing.
and anyway, I like wearing black, it suits me.