If you ever ascertain yourself trapped in a pen with a bull and you happen to be wear your best-loved lucky red mantle ( what ? you do n’t have a lucky ness ? ) , never fear . You could be wearing a red lid , pants , shirt , shoes and sock and the bull likely would n’t bat an lash as long as you mind your own business . He actually does n’t have a trouble with the tomato tone - it ’s the drive and antagonise that makes him want to gore the matador ( can you blame him ? ) .
Mythbustersdispelled the rumorwhen they tested pin of various colors by impound them to matador dummies in a false tauromachy sphere , then have a strapper loose to rampage . The breakthrough ? The bull was only gently concerned in any of them and was n’t even that atrociously strong-growing if the signal flag were n’t waved . After this mental test was more or less successful in disprove the myth , the pack decided to try it out on acutal human race . One of the Mythbuster assistants ( Tory , for those of you who watch the show ) leap out into the ring wearing all - ruddy apparel while two cowboys moved around the gang . Despite her heart - catching dress , the bull chamfer the move mass , not the stationary one .
What ’s more , bull’s eye ca n’t really even seeanycolor that well ( they only have two color receptors ) , and they ’re cherry-red - green semblance blind . So why do matador insist on waving violent cloaks about ? It ’s mostly showmanship and theatrics . The splash of red shows well to the cheering bunch and look dramatic when the matador is performing his faena - the showing during the third “ act ” when the matador runs around and basically wears the shit out before killing him . There ’s an previous theory that the color was chosen because it helps mask parentage , but really - you think one little swatch of material is going to disguise the mass amounts of blood lost by the poor Taurus ( or the ill-omened matador ) ?
Just for playfulness , here ’s an old Looney Tunes visit “ Bully for Bugs ” :
