Blue used to be for girls as it was seen as more “dainty,” while pink used to be associated with boys as it was seen as the stronger color. It didn’t change until the 1950s when some big advertising campaigns pushed pink as a feminine color exclusively for girls.
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meleethecat@lemmy.world 10 months agoNo! You must blue!
Dasus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Akasazh@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Red was the manly color, it was seen as regal. So light red (pink) was the color of the boys. Blue was the color of the virgin Mary and light blue used for femal children.
Dasus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Purple is usually what’s considered regal.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple
Purple has long been associated with royalty, originally because Tyrian purple dye—made from the secretions of sea snails—was extremely expensive in antiquity.
Basic reds, not so much.
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 10 months ago
can’t you just mix blue and red to make purple though?
PixellatedDave@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah pink was man’s colour because it is the colour of just cooked steak.
Dasus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I… I don’t think that’s the reason why.
Pink isn’t sort of actually a colour. Well, it is, but there’s no wavelength of light that corresponds to pink. We perceive pink when we see a certain combination of wavelengths together (red and purple.)
tpihkal@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I blue myself!