We're entering prom season, and parents: If you have a teenager, they may come to you looking for advice on what to wear. And since you're a COOL parent, you want to sift through Google search data. (???)
Google Trends has maps of the top prom dress and suit colors in every state . . . and somewhat surprisingly, there's more variety in the colors of the SUITS than the dresses.
For dresses, the most popular color in half the country is BLUE . . . including in California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Tennessee.
Black dresses are popular in four states . . . red dresses are #1 in four others . . . and a few others prefer green, gray, pink, or yellow.
Most states have a DIFFERENT color for suits, except Maine... where the top color for both suits and dresses is RED, which would be a bold pairing. (Maybe this is a nod to the movie "Carrie"? Discuss.)
For suits, black, gray, silver, and white are the top picks in almost half of the country . . . but there are a lot of popular colors.
Navy blue is #1 in seven states... light blue is the most popular in six states... red is #1 in six states . . . purple suits are preferred in five states... and green is #1 in four states.